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4. NATHANIEL L., b. May 9, 1839; d .July 1, 1852. 5. ABBIE M., b. March 22, 1845; in. Seth M. Keen, Jan. 21, 1871.
iii. MOSES, b. March 21, 1804; m. Lueretia, daugh- ter of John Bucknell, April 17, 1828, and set- tled in this town, on "Burnham's Hill." He had one son, and died Ang. 4, 1834; his widow married Rev. David Jewell, a Baptist preacher, who has died, and the widow now lives with her daughter, Miss Lucia Jewell, at the village.
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The son, Albert, married Melvina MeKennie. and resides on his father's Homestead .- Has issue.
iv. JOHN, b. March 23, 1807; m. Susan, daughter of Dea. Charles Walker, and settled in James- town, N. H .- now at Busti-and has issue, several children.
SUMNER, (Esq.) b. Nov. 16, 1805 ; m. Christiana, daughter of Ephraim Washburn, of Hebron. Me., and had nine children, of whom hereafter. Mr. Burnham resided many years at the home- stead of his father, but subsequently exchanged with Frank Whitman, and settled on a large farm in Norway. Mr. Burnham was many years a Deputy Sheriff, and besides serving in all the town offices, was a State Detective dur- ing the war of the Rebellion. He has had an active business life, and is now settled in Nor- way village, as Bank President, and in affluent circumstances. His weight is about 300 Ibs. Children : M. Greenleaf, who married Chris- tiana Stedman, his cousin, and died leaving three children ; Frances, who married William Evans, of Portland; Otho W., who married Mabel Bates, of Waterville, and practiced law in Portland-now dead ; Caroline, who married Henry C. Robie, of Harrison; Sumner, Jr., who died young; Sumner W., Silas, Horace and Alice.
vi. NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 24, 1812; m. 1st, Mary Mustard, of Bowdoin, and by her had a son Joseph, who is now a wealthy farmer in the West, and 2ndly, Olive Sawyer, of Madison, Me. He was stage driver in Eastern Maine, for some years, but subsequently emigrated to Dwight, Ills., where he died April 8, 1870, leaving a widow.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. July 7, 1818; m. Franklin Peirce, of Harrison. (See Peirce Family.)
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viii. SARAH ANN, b. April 12, 1826; m. Rev. Silas Brackett, and now lives in Dwight, Ills. ix. WILLIAM H., b. Feb. 29, 1827; m. Mary Max- well, of Scottish descent, and 2ndly, Annie -, by whom children.
BRACKETT FAMILY.
The Bracketts came from Westbrook, Me. For an ae- count of the ancestors, see "Willis' History of Portland." CAPT. JOHN BRACKETT, a soldier of the Revolution, set- tled in this town about the year 1810. He located a little below the " Brackett School House," on the "Brackett Road." His wife was Molly Walker, of Westbrook, sis- . ter of Dea. Walker's father; she died Sept. 18, 1843; he died Feb. 22, 1844, aged 80. They had children as fol- lows :
1. WALKER BRACKETT, born in Westbrook, in 1796; married Corlista Wight, of Raymond ; settled in the " Brackett neighborhood," and had issue. He died in 1871 ; his widow died in 1875, aged 79 years; their children were as follows :
i. SILAS C., b. Nov. 11, 1818; m. Sarah A., daugh- ter of Nathaniel Burnham, of Harrison, and is a Methodist preacher, now living in the West. Children as follows: Frederick, Franklin P., Alpheus L., Henry C., Peel B., Virgil, Velzora, Josephene, Lorina, Abbie, Corlista, Gilbert M., and others.
NOTE .- Capt. John Brackett was a man of learning and position : he was a land surveyor by profession, and laid out a great part of the city of Portland. lle, at one time, owned one-half mile square of land in what is now the heart of the city, which was sold in about 1800, for $500. Capt. Brackett had a son John who owned a farm in Searboro'; a daughter Mary, who married Eleazer Bur- bank; Lucy married Asael Foster, and another daughter whose name does not appear, married Simon Quimby. Capt. Brackett was a Revolutionary soldier, and sickened In the army. Query :- llow was this family connected with the Westbrook stock? There are several families in Otisfield and Naples; also in Limerick and Limington. Query :- What connection was the above named Asael Foster Io Asael Foster who came from Danvers, Mass., to Bridgton, Me, in 1772, and had sons, Joseph, Asael, Benjamin, Francis and Moody?
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ii. POLLY W., b. Aug. 16, 1820; m. Seth Pike, of Norway, May 23, 1844.
iii. Nancy C., b. Nov. 19, 1822; m. Alfred Noyes, Nov. 7, 1844.
iv. WALKER, JR., b. Nov. 24, 1824; m. Eliza Leach, of Casco; 2ndly, Jennie Hackett, of Salem, Me., and 3rdly, a widow Dresser.(?) His chil- dren were as follows, viz : Ella and one that died.
V. ROXANA, b. -; d. aged 16 years.
vi. HARRIET W., b. -; m. Tristrum Noyes, Nov. 8. 1849; lives in town.
vii. ELBRIDGE, b. -; m. Mary Hunt, of Avon, Me., and went to Minnesota in 1876.
viii. BETSEY, b .-; m. Oneal R. Mills, of Bethel : now living in town.
ix. CHARLES H., b. -; m. Lois Talbot, of Avon, Me., and lives in Vinalhaven.
SOPHRONA, b. -; m. Robert S. Lamb, of Harrison ; 2ndly, George Shead, of Norway.
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2. WILLIAM BRACKETT, born in Westbrook, Me., Aug. 25, 1789; married Sarah Hobbs, Oet. 1, 1811. (She was born July 6, 1792 ;) settled near the road cor- ners, in the " Brackett Neighborhood"-where his son George now lives-and reared eleven children. Mr. Brackett died Feb. 7, 1865, aged 76 years ; his wife died July 31, 1856, aged 64 years. Children as follows :
i. DANIEL H., b. June 3, 1813 ; m. Hannah Ben- nett, of Cumberland, and lives at Freeport.
ii. MARY, b. July 3, 1814; m. James Fogg, and re- sides in Gorham, Me.
iii. SYBEL S., b. July 23, 1816 : m. George Pearsons, and died several years ago.
iv. GEORGE W., b. May 5, 1818 : m. Rebecca Bailes. of Bridgton, May 17, 1842; (she was b. Oct. 21, 1818) and settled on the homestead. Mr. Brackett has been a Selectman. His children are as follows :
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1. CHRISTIAN L., b. Jan. 3, 1844; d. Oct. 26, 1858.
2. SARAH A., b. June 6, 1849.
3. PAMELIA A., b. Aug. 24, 1851 ; m. George A. Hall, June 27, 1872.
4. EMIL S., b. June 25, 1854.
5. GEORGE E., b. June 16, 1857.
6. LIZZIE E., b. Aug. 30, 1859.
7. MARTHA E., b. Aug. 26, 1864.
V. LOUIS P., b. Nov. 26, 1819; m. William Perley, of Harrison.
vi. JONATHAN H., b. Feb. 19, 1821; m. Elizabeth Bennett of Cumberland.
vii. SARAH, b. April 14, 1824; m. Artemus Mason, of Bethel.
viii. ANN M., b. Sept. 26, 1825; m. Woodsum Mason, of Bethel.
ix. LUCRETIA, b. April 7, 1826; m. Moses Cobb, of Westbrook.
x. ELLEN, b. Feb. 20, 1830 ; m. Leander Barker, of Bethel.
xi. EMELINE, b. Dec. 22, 1833; m. - Dunn, of Bethel.
3. ENOCH BRACKETT, born in Westbrook, Me. ; married Arminta Caswell, of Harrison, Sept. 21, 1818, and settled near "Brackett's Corners, " in this town. He was somewhat eccentric, but acquired a good property-had issue as follows :
i. ELIZA, b. -; m. Amos Small.
. EDNAH, b. -; m. David Sawyer.
iii. JOSEPH, b. - -; m. - Lowell.
iv. FANNIE, b .-; in. Daniel B. Sawyer.
4. JOHN BRACKETT, born in Westbrook, Me .; married Martha Ann, daughter of Edward Lowell, Sr., of Harrison, and settled on the "Bolster's Mills" road, not far from "Caswell's Corner," where he now lives. Mr. Brackett married, 2ndly, Sanborn, 3rdly, Stevens. Issue as follows, viz: Amos, Horace, Merrill, Llewellyn, and Emma.
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5. CHATMAN BRACKETT, born in Westbrook, Me. ; mar- ried Amanda Wight, and settled in Casco. Chil- dren-Joel, Elizabeth Jane, Ann and Charles.
6. ELIZA BRACKETT, born in Westbrook, Me .; married John P. Lowell, of Harrison, Jan. 27, 1824.
CHAPLIN FAMILY.
The ancestry of this numerons and distinguished fam- ily is traced back to Bradford, Yorkshire, England. The New England stock are descended from a Puritan who was driven to Leyden, in Holland, and came thence to Massachusetts, with the Rev. Ezekiel Rodgers, May 29, 1639. The first Bridgton and Harrison families came from Rowley, Mass., about 1788. They are noted for great size, many having weighed 300 lbs.
1. JACOB CHAPLIN, son of John, was born in Rowley, Mass., April 13, 1782; married Miriam Jackson, in
1807, and settled in that part of Harrison that has since been taken off to make the town of Naples. Mr. Chaplin separated from his first wife, and married 2ndly, Dec. 18, 1835, Susan Kimball, by whom, as also by first wife, he had issue. It is evident that Mr. Chaplin was of Mormon proclivities, from the fact that he lived with two women at once, each bearing children at nearly the same date. His children were as follows :
i. MONTGOMERY, b. in April, 1808-d. young.
ii. CHARLOTTE, b. in 1813; m. Sept. 23, 1827, to Reuben Doughty, of Naples.
iii. LOUISA.
iv. BENJAMIN, b. Ang. 4; lives in Harrison, on the farm formerly owned by the Foster brothers, and has several children.
V. JACOB, JR., b. in 1816.
vi. WILLIAM, b. in Sept., 1818.
vii. RICHARD J., b. April 4, 1820 ; m. Laurietta May- hue, (her mother was a daughter of Edmond Nason, of Standish,) and settled in Naples.
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Mr. Chaplin has a fine farm, and deals exten- sively in lumber and stock. No issue.
viii. GEORGE W., b. Sept. 4, 1823.
ix. HENRY J., b. Dec. 5, 1827.
X. MONTGOMERY, b. June 8, 1828.
xi. DAVID, b. Nov. 23, 1830.
xii. PHILENA, b. May 11, 1832.
xiii. THOMAS J., b. Oet. 16, 1833.
xiv. ELIZABETH, b. June 13, 1842.
A part of the last seven reside in Naples, but I have no records or particulars.
Jacob Chaplin had brothers who once lived in the south end of Harrison ; one of them, the father of Hon. Caleb Chaplin, of Harrison village; but there are no records on the town books. As that part of the town was early taken off to form Naples, these families more properly belong to the history of that town, consequently I leave details to future genealogists.
CHADBOURNE FAMILY.
All the Chadbournes in New England are supposed to be descended from Humphrey Chadbourne, who, accord- ing to Dr. Farmer, came to this country "on the invitation of Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Capt. John Mason." Hub- bard refers to him as the "chief of the artificers," and says he "built the Great House at Strawberry Bank." Ile afterwards removed to South Berwick, Maine, then a part of Kittery, where, in 1643, he purchased of Rowles, sachem of the Wiehawanocks, a large traet of land. He represented Kittery in the Mass. Gen. Court, in 1657 and 1659, and in 1662 he was appointed an Associate Judge for the County of York. He died in Berwick in 1666, after a residence in this country of about thirty-five years. Descended from him through Humphrey, William, Humphrey, was
1. JAMES HOBBS CHADBOURNE, EsQ., who was born in 1766; married Doreas Whitmore, and came to
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Harrison as early as 1811. He had several brothers, among whom was Capt. Silas, of Gorham; Rev. Levi, a Baptist minister; Rev. William, a Baptist preacher, and several sisters. Mr. Chadbourne located on the old How- ard place, since known as the " Stanley place," situated on the road that leads from Newell Trafton's, to Bolster's Mills village. He was a tailor by trade-learned his trade with his eldest brother, Silas-was a Deacon of the Congregationalist Church, of Harrison ; many years a -Justice of the Peace; several years Town Clerk, and served in many other positions of trust. He was a man of candor, practical sense, executive ability and firmness ; a real gentleman of the old school, and was highly es- teemed by his towns-people. He died in Harrison, Sept. 12, 1846, aged 75 years and 7 months. His wife died Nov. 8, 1846, aged 75 years and 9 months. Their descend- ants, as far as known, are as follows :- Children-
i. SAMUEL WHITEMORE, b. in 1790; m. and was cast away upon Campo Bello Island. His me-
morial-stone, in the F. W. Baptist cemetery, bears the following inscription : "Samuel W. Chadbourne, who was cast away on Campo Bello Island, and perished on the night of Feb. 14th, 1817, aged 27 years. He was an amiable man, esteemed and lamented by all who knew him ; he had been happily united in marriage five months when it pleased God to separate them, but not forever, having given them a lively hope that through the suffer- ings and righteousness of Christ, they should meet to part no more." His remains were removed from their original resting-place, on the Island, to make way for a road, and were buried in the yard before named. The curious free-stone monument that had been erected at his grave, was brought into town with his body and re-erected where it now stands.
ii. PHEBE, b. June 12, 1791 ; m. to Aaron Kimball, of Bridgton, and is now living in Boston.
iii. CHARLOTTE, b. Sept. 4, 1793 ; m. to Lyman Nut- ting, of Otisfield.
iv. COL. JAMES, b. June 23, 1796; m. Merey A.,
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daughter of Samuel Scribner, of Harrison ; settled in Waterford, and had issne- Whit- more, Scribner, Charles, William and others, whose names do not appear.
v. RUFUS, b. June 20, 1798 ; m. Mahala, a daughter of Jonathan Moors, of Otisfield; settled in Waterford; subsequently emigrated to Wis- consin, where he died. His children were Granville, Albion, Marcena, Mahala, Julia, Hor- ace, Frederick and Fernando ; the latter were twins.
vi. GARDNER, b. Oct. 24, 1800; d. when an infant.
vii. GARDNER, b. July 17, 1802 ; m. Betsey A., daugh- ter of Isaac Hall, of Gorham, and resided for several years in his native town; he subse- quently moved to Lincoln, Me., m. a second wife, and had a family of children, of whom Martha and Mary survived ; several d. young, whose names do not appear.
viii. WILLIAM, b. May 26, 1805; m., 1st, Sarah, a daughter of Abraham Burnham, of Harri- son ; 2ndly, Sarah Moors, (sister of the wife of his brother Rufus,) and 3rd, Martha Ste- vens of Sweden. He settled near the home- stead of his father ; is a farmer by ocenpation ; has long been a member of the Congregation- alist church ; is a candid, honest man, and lives highly respected. His children are Wil- liam Burnham, Sarah Jane and Elizabeth.
ix. CHARLES, b. June 10, 1808; d. young.
x. SIMEON C., b. June 11, 1809 ; m. Miriam, dangh- ter of Dea. Edward Bray, of Harrison, and settled in Waterford; subsequently he emi- grated to the West. Children as follows :
1. CHARLES H., b. Aug. 14, 1834.
2. SUSAN, b. March 8, 1836.
3. GEORGE, b. Sept. 15, 1838.
4. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 22, 1840. 5. EDWARD, b.
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6. PHEBE, b. -.
xi. HUMPHREY, b. Nov. 1. 1811 ; m., 1st, Jane Wight, of Otisfield, and 2ndly, - Libbey (?). He lived for some years in Harrison, but ultimate- ly went to Molunkus. Children as follows :
1. JANE W., b. Dec. 20, 1841.
2. DANVILLE S., b. Nov. 6, 1843.
3. HARRIET L., b. JJuly 28, 1844.
4. HENRY W., b. April 19, 1846.
5. JOSEPHENE R., b. Jan. 9, 1848.
6. HUMPHREY J., b. Oct. 30, 1849.
7. ADELLIA, S., b. Ang. 3, 1851.
8. IRENE H., b. Oct. 13, 1854.
9. SAMUEL W., b. Feb. 10, 1857.
10. JANE H., b. March 7, 1860.
xii. DORCAS, b. April 13, 1817 ; m. to Nathan Nut- ting, of Otisfield, brother of Lyman.
xiii. SAMUEL W., b. March 17, 1817; m. a daughter of Solomon Bray, of Harrison, and for many years resided in town. He emigrated West a few years ago. Mr. Chadbourne was & great horse-breaker and driver; had a son Cyrus, now in the West.
ANOTHER FAMILY.
BENJAMIN H. CHADBOURNE, son of James, of Sanford, was descended from Humphrey, the first ancestor, through John, who was sometime of Kittery, but who settled in Sanford. This Benjamin had brothers, Levi, George and Nathaniel. He married Polly Powers, sister of Nathan Powers, and daughter of the Mr. Powers who married the widow of Samuel Harmon, of Sanford. He came to Harrison as early as 1807, and settled on the north-west side of the " Hobbs Hill," on land now owned by Stephen Whitney. The house was on the road that leads from the head of Anonymous Pond to the Baptist Meeting House, and the cellar may still be seen. Mr. Chadbourne was a
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mason by trade; a man of gigantic powers, and has been known to carry tico bushels of grain on his shoulders sev- eral miles. He made a journey from Sanford to Harri- son on foot, when old, took a violent cold, and died Sept. His children, eleven in number, were as follows :
5, 1844.
i. LOWELL P., b. Ang. 14, 1807; m. Darliska, daughter of Samuel Willard, of Harrison, (see Willard family) and died in 1844-48. His widow married to Daniel Scribner in 1848. Had one son.
ii. JAMES M., b. July 5, 1809; m. Ruth, daughter of Nicholas Bray, and went to Whitefield, N. H. He afterwards returned to Harrison, and thence to Amesbury, Mass., where his descend- ants reside. No records of children.
ยท iii. HANNAH H., b. Nov. 18, 1811; m. to Jeremiah Moulton, of Sanford, and lived there.
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BENJAMIN H., b. Oct. 4, 1813; m. Jane Chase, of Edgecomb, and settled at Lancaster. N. H., where he kept a store, and filled the office of Deputy Sheriff. He afterwards went to Illi- mois, and during the war of the Rebellion sym- pathized with the South.
v. THOMAS W., b. Nov. 23, 1816; m. Emma D. Ar- nold, March 10, 1858, and resided in Rockland or Boothibay. He was Policeman and High Sheriff in 1858; afterwards m. a second wife and removed to Boston, where he was engaged in business with John Holman, his brother-in- law.
vi. NATHAN P., b. June 27, 1819; no other .infor- mation.
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vii. MARY W., b. Sept. 28, 1821 ; died unmarried.
viii. DEBORAH H., b. April 13, 1825; m. John Hol- man.
ix. SARAH P., b. May 5, 1827; d. in the East.
ALFRED H., b. April 7, 1830 ; went to St. Johns-
x. bury, Vermont, and learned the moulders' trade, in the employ of the "Fairbanks' Scale
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Company," and afterwards served as elork for a Steam-mill Company, there. He subsequent- ly went South, and espoused the Rebel cause, served in the Southern Army, and returning, went into business with his brother-in-law, John Holman.
xi. DORATHY S., b. Ang. 8, 1862; no particulars.
CARSLEY FAMILY.
This family is descended from an old French stock, who spelled their names " Chastelai" before coming to America. They are not connected with the Casleys, of England, as proved by recent investigation, although the ancestors of the New England family, no doubt, had for several generations resided in England. Three brothers, Edward, John and William, moved from the town of Scituate to Barnstable, Cape Cod, in 1639; and from the first of these descended John and Ebenezer Carsley, who came to Gorham, Me., abont 1760; their families were among the so-called "New Lights" in that town; a peo- ple that were very zealous, religiously, and are said to have departed from the "Standing Order," to evade pay- ment of the parish tax. JOHN CARSLEY, born in Barn- stable, Mass., abont 1740, married Merey Freeman, April 5, 1764, and settled in Gorham, where he reared a large family, as follows :
1. MARY CARSLEY, b. in Gorham, Feb. 23, 1765; m. James Watson, (see Watson family) of said town, and with her husband came to Harrison, among the first settlers-probably the second white wo- man in town.
2. JOHN CARSLEY, JR., son of John, was b. in Gorham, Ang. 19, 1766; m. Martha Crockett, of said town, April 16, 1790, and was the first settler in Harrison. His "clearing" was on the "Ridge," near his brother Nathan's, on the opposite side of the road from the resi- dence of our townsman, Mr. George Cummings. Mr.
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Carsley died in 1823, and was burried in the F. W. Baptist cemetery, where his grave-stone bears the inscription, "the first settler in Harrison." He had issue, and some of his descendants are supposed to be living in Eastern Maine.
3. NATHAN CARSLEY, son of John, b. April 9, 1767 ; m. Susie, daughter of William and Elizabeth Cotton, of Gorham, (she was born April 17, 1766) in 1791, and settled on Lot No. 136, of Range 1, in Harri-
son. He built a camp and worked with his brother John in clearing land, in the autumn of 1792, but returned to Gorham and remained until March, of 1793, when, with his wife, drawn on a hand-sled on the crust of snow, he made his way from his native town, through the wilder- ness, to this town. Here they remained and made their maple sugar, and in their rude camp their first child William - the first child born in Harrison proper- was born; its mother being the first white woman in town. It was then a custom to give the first male child, born in a township, a lot of land consisting of 100 acres ; and it is said Mr. Carsley's object in bringing his wife in- to town so early, and under such circumstances, was to secure the "gift lot" for his child. They returned to Gor- ham, and remained there until after the birth of their second child, when they came back and settled perma- nently in a rude log-house, near where Mr. Carsley after- wards erected his frame house, which is thought to have been the first built in town. I have taken great pains to get at facts relative to this matter, and conclude that James Watson, brother-in-law of Mr. Carsley, built his framed house first. The tradition prevailed in town that the boards with which the Carsley house was covered, were carried on men's shoulders from the bank of Long Pond, but this is incorrect. Deacon Seth Carsley, a brother of Nathan, drew the boards from Waterford with a four-ox team, down the pond on the ice, as also the brick for the chimney. Mr. Carsley endured deprivations and severe hardships, during the first years of his resi- dence here. The bears and 'coons destroyed his growing
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corn, and much of his subsistence had to be taken by hunting. He frequently carried a bushel of corn on his back to " Ray's Mill," crossing Crooked River on a log. He was once setting a bear trap, in company with his son, and several times warned the lad to be careful and not get into the trap; but when he had nearly completed his work and was abont to start homeward he canght his foot under a bush and fell back into the trap himself, and the long teeth penetrated his leg so deeply that he was ever after a cripple. Mr. Carsley was a Deputy Sheriff, Selectman, and served in many positions of responsibility in his day. He was a man of firmness, prudence and uprightness ; an extensive farmer for his day, and died April 27, 1855, his wife having predeceased him, Sept. 20. 1853. They had issue as follows :
i. WILLIAM, b. April 14, 1793; m. Esther, daugh- ter of David Fogg, of Gorham, (she was b. Nov. 4, 1794) July 2, 1823, and settled in Har- rison, not very far from his father's. Mr. Cars- ley was born in a "sugar camp," the best accommodations the town afforded at the time. The expectation of his parents was, that he would be the legal claimant of the "gift lot, " in town, but he was born in Otisfield, before Harrison became a town, and others saw the light, in the former town, previously ; hence William did not succeed. He lived where his son David now lives, and carried on a large farm. Mr. Carsley d. Sept. 20, 1866, leaving a widow (now-1876-living) and five children as follows :
1. NATHAN, son of William, b. Jan. 6, 1825; m. Mary E. Newcomb, (see Newcomb family) Aug. 4, 1852, and settled near his wife's father's, at the center of the town. Mr. Carsley is a car Denter and builder, and owns a small mill ; he also carries on a farm. One child named Lizzie.
2. BERTHIA D., daughter of William, b. Feb. 15, 1826; m. Oct. 21, 1861, to Andrew Chase, of Lynn, Mass.
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3. WILLIAM V., son of William, b. Sept. 12, 1827; m. Augusta, daughter of Samuel Smith, of Bridgton, and settled as carpenter and builder at the village-now in feeble health.
4. DAVID F., son of William, b. Oct. 26, 1829; m. Annie, daughter of Jonas Cummings, of Har- rison, (see Cummings family) and settled on the homestead farm. He has three children, as follows :
i. WILLIE E. b. Feb. 28, 1867.
ii. ANNIE L., b. June 13, 1868.
iii. GEORGE P., b. Sept. 23, 1869.
5. MARY J., daughter of William, b. March 15, 1831 ; in. Peter Hodgdon, of Gorham, in 1869, and went to that town to reside. They are now living at Harrison village.
ii. SETHI, 2ND, son of Nathan, b. in Gorham, March 12, 1796; m. Asenath, sister of Jonas Cum- mings, of Harrison, (she was b. in Topsfield, Mass., March 23, 1804. See Cummings family.) Oct. 15. 1822, and settled on the "Pond Road," where Lowell Foster now resides. He sometime lived in the village, where Samuel Hardy now lives. Mr. Carsley in. 2ndly, Polly Pitts, of Harrison, (see Pitts family). He carried on mills at the village, and was a celebrated plow maker, when wooden plows were in use ; he also invented a machine to manufacture shoe-lasts and hat-blocks, and made a journey to Washington, D. C., in a gig, to secure his patent, (the document, bearing date April, 2 1830, is now in possession of his daughter, Mrs. Whitney, of whom hereafter) and returned with his papers, bearing the anto- graphs of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Mr. Carsley emigrated to Deerfield, Warren Co., Pa., in 1838, where he erected mills, and engaged largely in lumbering business; this undertaking proving unsuccessful, he en- gaged in mill-building for others. He erected his house on the banks of the Alleghany River, and there being no bridges near, he invented a self-propelling ferry-boat, sup- posed to be the first one known; the boats were carried
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