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Dr. Jordan married (first) in Farmington, New Hampshire, June 2, 1886, Sadie S. Pinkham, who died October 5, 1903, daughter of William H. H. and Sarah (Pinkham) Pinkham, of Milton, New Hampshire. He married (second) June 27, 1907, Grace E. Wilson, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, who was born January. 20, 1877, daughter of Thurston and Amelia Josephine ( Packard) Wilson, the former of whom was born Jan- uary 25, 1837, and died January 1, 1885; the latter was born September 14, 1847. Their children were: Mary Sherman; Henry P., married Carrie S. Hardy ; and Grace E. Dr. Jordan has no children.
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The name of Williams is of WILLIAMS ancient Welsh origin, and has become one of the most prolific names in Great Britain and America. In Wales it was formerly Ap Williams, and it is worthy of note that Morgan ap Williams, of Glamorganshire, gentleman, married a sis- ter of Lord Thomas Cromwell, afterward Earl of Essex, who was an ancestor of the famous Puritan reformer, Oliver Cromwell.
(I) Thomas Williams, the first American ancestor of this line, came from England, Feb- ruary 18, 1717, "when gooseberries were in blow," and reached Boston, April 17, 1717, "when the snow was very deep." He prob- ably died at Bath, Maine, but the exact date is not known. He was employed in teaching Latin in Boston, and subsequently removed to Maine. Thomas Williams lived at Winne- gance in 1729, and remaining there became the first permanent settler of Bath. It is said that he was a physician, and that he often ex- pressed regrets at having left England. The name of the wife of Thomas Williams cannot be ascertained, but there were at least three sons, and one daughter, who married James Hunter, of Topsham. Thomas, one of the sons, married Margaret Drummond in 1746, and was lieutenant of the Georgetown militia in 1746. George, another son, signed a peti- tion for a new. parish in Georgetown in 1753, which parish afterwards became the town of Bath. The sketch of Samuel is found in the succeeding paragraph.
(II) Samuel, son of Thomas Williams, was born about 1730, probably in what is now Bath, Maine, and died in that neighborhood about 1800. In 1761 he bought parts of lots on Sebascodigan or Great Island, Harpswell ; and he was living at "Duck Cove" in 1799. On September 14, 1744, he married Mercy, daugh- ter of Anthony and Mercy (Hodgkins) Coombs, of Brunswick. Anthony Coombs was originally from Gloucester, Massachusetts, and migrated to Falmouth, and thence to New Meadows. Brunswick, in 1739. Mrs. Mercy (Coombs) Williams died in Thomaston, Maine, in September, 1824, aged ninety-four years. Samuel and Mercy (Coombs) Wil- liams had five sons: Samuel (2), who lived on _the Island; Benjamin, Daniel and Peter, who all moved to Thomaston, and George, whose sketch follows. The name of Samuel Williams occurs twice on the revolutionary rolls, and it is thought that both father and son were in the service. Samuel Williams en- listed June 10, 1775, and served two months and four days as a private in Captain James
Curtis's company. He re-enlisted August 9, 1775, and served five months and five days. A Samuel Williams of Harpswell was sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Larrabee's company, enlist- ing July 9, 1775, and serving six months and seven days. It is thought that these were father and son.
(III) George, son of Samuel and Mercy (Coombs) Williams, was born at Harpswell, Maine, August 3, 1777, and died at Durham, November 1, 1853. He was a carpenter and farmer, and lived most of his life in Durham, though there was a period of about twenty years, ending in 1825, when he made his home in Lewiston. About 1800 he married Mabel, daughter of Noah and Mabel ( Wade) Litch- field, of South Lewiston. She was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, February 29, 1780, and died at Durham, November 1, 1853. Her father, Noah Litchfield, was born in Scituate, January 24, 1753, and on July 9, 1778, married Mabel Wade, of Scituate, who was born June 9, 1758. Noah Litchfield was the first town clerk of Lewiston, and died November 17, 1827; his wife died July 12, 1838. Children of George and Mabel (Litchfield) Williams: I. Charles, August 17, 1801, married Eleanor Randall. 2. Samuel, December 18, 1802, mar- ried Eliza F. Thomas. 3. Mary Louisa, Sep- tember 2, 1804. 4. Barnard, whose sketch fol- lows. 5. Lucinda, November 26, 1808, died March 13, 1810. 6. Aurelia C., August 15, 1810, married James Jack. 7. Lucinda, March 30, 1812, married Joseph Webster. 8. Sum- ner George, December 20, 1813, married Ann Wood. 9. Elvira, November 13, 1815, married Jesse Snow. 10. Mabel Jane, November 24, 1817, married Nelson Strout. II. Otis, Octo- ber 1, 1819. 12. Minerva, July 14, 1822, mar- ried Jeremiah Dingley (2). 13. Vesta Ann, November 5, 1824, married Harrison Strout.
(IV) Barnard, third son of George and Mabel (Litchfield) Williams, was born Feb- ruary 15, 1807, at Lewiston, Maine, and died at Durham. When a youth he returned with his parents to the old home at Durham, and there he spent his long and useful life. He was a man of irreproachable character, and a good citizen. About 1840 he married Eliza- beth Augusta, daughter of Jacob (2) and Abi- gail (Scott) Herrick, and granddaughter of Rev. Jacob Herrick, of Durham. She was born February 9, 1815, and died June 21, 1864. Children: 1. George Jacob, born No- vember II, 1842, was nine years a sailor, but died on land, being killed December 17, 1870, by being thrown from a carriage by a fright- ened horse. 2. Oscar Scott, July 2, 1844,
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graduated from Bowdoin College in 1870, was superintendent of schools in Dedham, Massa- chusetts, at the time of his death, October 11, 1893; married, in 1871, Sylvia T. M. Brooks, daughter of Ham Brooks, of Lewiston; left several children. 3. Charles Edward, whose sketch follows. 4. Josiah Herrick, August 4, 1849, graduated from the Farmington Normal School, and while managing the homestead has successfully taught schools, and is now su- perintendent of the schools at Durham; mar- ried, December 7, 1872, Edith T. Norton, of Matinicus, Maine ; child, Ralph. 5. Elizabeth Augusta, December 1, 1855, died April 18, 1856. 6. Fred Mcclellan, January 16, 1857, married Ida F. Scamman, of Saco, and died at Lynn, Massachusetts, November 19, 1897, leaving no children.
(V) Charles Edward, third son of Barnard and Elizabeth A. (Herrick) Williams, was graduated from the Farmington Normal school and taught several years. He studied medicine at Bowdoin College, and two years in a New York hospital, and has practiced at Au- burn, Maine, for some years. On March 3, 1872, he married Emma J. Harlow, of Liver- more Falls. They have two children, Ethel Elizabeth, married to Dr. Archer Jordan, of Auburn, October 16, 1902 (see Jordan, VIII) ; Edward.
BEAL Colonel William Beale, progenitor, first appears at York, Maine, as early as 1653. He was from Lon- don, a partner in the firm of John Beex & Company. To this company Richard Leader sold his saw mills at Piscataqua, October 5, 1653, a quarter to John Beex, of London, Eng- land, merchant ; a quarter to Richardson, Lon- don, ironmonger ; and a quarter (an eighth each) to Colonel William Beale and Captain Thomas Alderne. The other quarter he sold to Beex, Hutchinson and Alderne, February 14, 1655. (See York Deeds, folio 73-40.) Beale seems to have lived at York for a time, though we know little or nothing more about him. He was succeeded evidently by his son Arthur, mentioned below.
(II) Arthur Beal, son of Colonel William Beale, was born in London about 1620 and came to York, Maine, 1655. At an early date an entrance to York river was known as Beal's Neck. Arthur Beal bought a tract of land on York river near the harbor, by deed, dated November 9, 1674, near his other property. He was a fisherman by trade and owned a fish- ing shallop of six or seven tons burden, June 4, 1667, when he, Richard White and Manner-
ing (or Mainwaring) Hilton, all of York, mortgaged their real estate and personal prop- erty to Francis Johnson, of Boston, for the sum of ninety-nine pounds, which was to be paid in fish, oil, mackerel or staves (barrel staves). He signed with a mark that was very like a capital "D." His son Arthur used for his mark the capital letters "A" and "B" joined in a monograph, and through this difference in the signatures we are able to distinguish the records of the two men. A bond dated No- vember 10, 1674, from Arthur Beale "Sr." indicates that the son was then of age. This bond was for fifty pounds for the purchase of a tract of land, to be paid for ten pounds in each year from 1675 to 1679. The Johnson mortgage was discharged December 26, 1682. Children: 1. Arthur, mentioned below. 2. William, mentioned below.
(III) Arthur (2), son of Arthur Beal, was born about 1650 probably at York, Maine. For many years he was a prominent man at York and owned much property about the mouth of the York river. He married Anne who was probably a Hilton. William Hilton calls Beal a "brother" when deeding March 5, 1681, land granted him by the town on the south side of the York river. Of course, Hil- ton's wife may have been Beal's sister. Beal deeded land April 6, 1683, twenty-one acres at Brave-boat harbor near the bridge, a town grant from York. Beal and Hilton deeded three acres of land on the York river, January 16, 1698, to Daniel Black. According to a mortgage dated December 1, 1699, to William Pepperell, Beal lived on the south side of the York river by the harbor mouth. Beal deeded land to his only son Edward February 27, 1701 (York Deeds vii, folio 64) and finally all his lands at York including homestead April 17, 17II, shortly before his death ( York Deeds vii, folio 194). He deeded ten acres of land to William Pearse, and wife Mary, his daugh- ter, January 18, 1711, and to Elishua Alling and his wife Elizabeth, another daughter (vii, folio 219). His will was dated December I, 1699, proved October 2, 17II, and the inven- tory filed September 3, 1711. He mentions Ed- ward by name and other children. Children : I. Edward, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, married Elishua (or Elisha ) Allen (or Alling). 3. Mary, married William Pearse.
(III) William (2), son of Arthur ( I) Beal, as shown by the land in his possession along- side Arthur's on the south side of York river, was born about 1660-65. He married Jane Trafton, daughter of Thomas Trafton, of York, and sister of Zaccheus, Joseph and Thomas
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Trafton. He must have left York at the time of King Philip's war and probably took refuge at Ipswich, where his son Obadiah remained. This family may be related to William Beal, of Marblehead, who had a somewhat numerous posterity. He returned to York and when his son William was of age, November 8, 1717, deeded to him ten acres on the northwest side of the lot on Fulling Mill brook extending to the Kittery line. Like all the others of the family mentioned above, whose signatures were found, he used a characteristic mark. In 1718 his son Obadiah was of Ipswich, but he deeded him ten acres at Fulling Mill brook extending to the Kittery bounds in York, Oc- tober II, 1718. William and his wife Jane deeded a seventh part of a tract on York river, originally granted to his wife's family, Trafton, adjoining Edward Beal's land ( formerly his father's.) A deed dated April 13, 1722, William Beal to Zaccheus Trafton, states the relation- ship to the Traftons. Another seventh of this Trafton estate William Beal bought March 31, 1724. It adjoined the old Arthur Beal estate and extended to the Kittery line, and was some of the land deeded to his sons. Children : I. William, was of age in 1717, deeded land to Francis Carman, who married Abishag, sister of Beal. 2. Abishag, married Francis Car-
man. 3. Zaccheus, lived in Kittery in 1719. 4. Obadiah, removed from Ipswich, Massachu- setts, to York, about 1720; he was in Ipswich in 1718, when his father gave him a lot of land in York and was of York when he and his wife Mary deeded this lot, November 4, 1726, to his sister Mary. 5. Mary, spinster, in 1726.
(IV) Edward, only son of Arthur (2) Beal, was born in York or some town in which the family took refuge during the war, about 1675. The property he received from his father is mentioned above. He had a grant from the town of York, May I, 1695, laid out January 19, 1699-1700, sold thirty acres on York river from this grant April 29, 1703, to Samuel Don- nell. Beal married, before 1703, Elizabeth He mortgaged land to William Pep- perell in 1713 and the mortgage was dis- charged April 2, 1718. Beal bought twenty acres on the border of Godfrey pond, January 26, 1717. He sold one hundred and forty-four acres of land at Beal's Neck, at the entrance of York river, January 31, 1717-18. This was near Beal's home, as stated in the deed. Ed- ward mortgaged his lands again in 1721-22. He and his wife deed a house lot of six acres on York river to their son Manerin (Mainwar- ing, named for Mainwaring Hilton, mentioned above). Children of Edward and Elizabeth :
I. Nicholas, given a house lot by parents Feb- ruary 7, 1728, southwest side of York river adjoining the homestead. 2. Mainwaring, a mariner, born about 1700, bought land of Kent & Swett in York, June 1, 1724, and received as a gift from parents February 27, 1727-28, ad- joining land given by his father to Stephen Greenleaf. 3. Wife of Stephen Greenleaf.
The family became well entrenched in York and York county. In the revolutionary war there enlisted from York alone Zachariah Beal, Josiah Beal, Joseph Beal, Joshua Beal and Matthias Beal, while to the adjoining town 'of Kittery was credited Henry and Joseph Beal, who probably resided near the line on the old Beal place.
(V) Zebulon Beal, grandson of one of these mentioned above, was born in York, July 29, 1754. He removed to Sanford, Maine, where he purchased land and carried on a farm. He married, October 20, 1781, Lucy Boston, born July 4, 1760, died November 27, 1841. He died in Sanford, January 26, 1843. Children : Benjamin, mentioned below; Thomas, Wood- man, Olive.
(VI) Benjamin, son of Zebulon Beal, was born in Sanford, August 16, 1783, died there February 6, 1866. He was a farmer and a brickmason by trade. He was a deacon in the Baptist church. He served in the war of 1812. He married, 1807, Olive Hobbs, born April 28, 1788, died July 21, 1858, daughter of Sheldon and Ruth (Stilling) Hobbs, of Sanford, for- merly of Berwick. Her father was a soldier in the revolution, and marched from Kittery when a boy with Captain Ford's company No- vember 5, 1775, and later was on the commit- tee of safety in the war of 1812. He was son of Thomas Jr. and Mary (Abbott) Hobbs. Thomas Hobbs was also a soldier in the revo- lution, a town officer of Berwick for many years and an extensive land owner. He was son of Thomas Hobbs, of Dover, who later moved to Berwick, and Elizabeth Morrell Hobbs. Children of Benjamin and Olive Beal : I. Sheldon Hobbs, born January 13, 1808, mentioned below. 2. Susan P. 3. Harrison. 4. Theodate. 5. Horace, born May 15, 1819, a mason by trade; married Phebe Plummer. 6. Benjamin.
(VII) Sheldon Hobbs, son of Benjamin Beal, was born in Sanford, January 13, 1808. died in Avon, Maine, January 10, 1875. He received his education in the schools of his native town. About 1832, with his wife and two children, he. removed to Avon and pur- chased one hundred and sixty acres of land in that part of Avon known as Mile Square. He
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settled here and engaged in farming the re- mainder of his life. He married (first) in 1827, Tabitha Butler, born December 19, 1810, died April 24, 1855, daughter of Nathaniel and Tabitha (Joy) Butler. (See Butler family herewith.) He married (second) November 16, 1856, Anna Winship, of Phillips, Maine. Children of first wife: I. Nathaniel Butler, born March 7, 1828, mentioned below. 2. Wil- son Concord, May 8, 1830. 3. Horace, born in Avon, March 13, 1832. 4. Lewis, June 13, 1834. 5. Bradford, August 4, 1836. 6. Shel- don Hobbs Jr., July 12, 1839, died June 17, 1842. 7. Lura, January 5, 1842. 8. Velora, November 8, 1849. 9. Eldora, July 9, 1851. Children of second wife: 10. Daughter, Feb- ruary 14, 1858, died the same month. II. Ben- jamin Franklin, June 21, 1859. 12. Albana Monteze, August 23, 1861. 13. Eulalia, Au- gust 6, 1863, died May 17, 1889.
(VIII) Nathaniel Butler, son of Sheldon Hobbs Beal, was born in Sanford, March 7, 1828, died March 28, 1899. He was brought up on his father's farm in Avon, whither they had moved when he was but three years old. When Nathaniel B. was ten years old he vis- ited a neighboring farmer, who gave him a sack of apple pomace left from making cider. This pomace the boy carried home, a distance of four miles, and sowed the apple seed start- ing an apple orchard which proved a valuable and productive orchard in later years. At the age of twelve he went to work for a neighbor, John Wilbur, taking entire charge of his farm, and for a year doing the work of a man. He went to the public schools winters, being obliged to rise at four o'clock in the morning to do the work, and then walk a mile to the school house. He early formed the habit of total abstinence, rather unusual at that time, and never partook of liquor or tobacco during his life. At the age of nineteen he was employed by Deacon Oren Robbins, of Phillips Village, in his grist mill. Soon after his marriage he started in business for himself as a trader in general merchandise in Phillips Village. His health, however, compelled him to seek out- door employment, and he went into the cattle business, becoming a drover. During the civil war and for many years afterward he helped to supply the Boston market with beef. He was active in the building up of the town of Phil- lips, was one of its selectmen, holding the office for many years, and was deputy sheriff of the county. He was twice drafted for ser- vice in the civil war, but was unable to pass the physical examination, and was thus pre- vented from serving in the army. He was
instrumental in the forming of the Phillips Savings Bank and the Union National Bank, of which in 1875 he became president, and so remained until its charter expired in 1895. A year before the expiration of the charter a new bank was formed, the Phillips National Bank, and Mr. Beal was made its first presi- dent, retaining that office for twenty years. He was for many years a trustee of the Savings Bank. In 1879 he was one of the builders of the Sandy River railroad, and one of its first presidents, holding the office until 1892. Dur- ing the latter part of the time he was its su- perintendent also, and to him the successful construction is chiefly due. In politics he was always a Democrat, a leader of his party in the northern part of Franklin county, though he was a believer in protection and sound money. He was twice nominated as representative to the general court, and once as senator and judge; but though he ran far ahead of his ticket, the district being strongly Republican, he was defeated. At one time, during the days of the Greenback party, three brothers were nominated from the same district on as many tickets, Nathaniel B. being the Democratic nominee, Wilson C. the Republican, and Brad- ford the Greenback. Wilson received the elec- tion. He was very fond of music, and sang in the choir of the Free Will Baptist church for forty years, being also chorister many years. 'In religious belief he was a Universalist.
He married, in 1849, Mary Robbins, daugh- ter of Deacon Orren and Mary (Huntoon) Robbins, of Phillips. She was born Novem- ber 25, 1828, died May 9, 1902. Through her father's family, she was granddaughter of Me- hitable (Ladd) Robbins, who was descended from Daniel Ladd, the immigrant, who came from London in the ship "Mary and John," sailing January 30, 1633, and settled first in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and later was one of the twelve original founders of Haverhill, Mas- sachusetts. The Ladds can be traced to the Earls of Ladd in Norway, A. D. 861. (See Chase's History of Haverhill. ) They married into the royal families of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. One of them married Estrith, daughter of King Sweyn, of Denmark, and came with his brother-in-law, the Danish King Canute, to England, and there settled in county Kent. (See Pelton Genealogy, Went- worth Genealogy, Ladd Family, Thomas But- ler and his Descendants, Huntoon Genealogy, Keary's History of Norway and the Norwe- gians, etc.) Mary (Robbins) Beal's mother was granddaughter of Jonathan Huntoon, who was born in 1756, and married Hannah Chase,
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July 8, 1781. He served all through the revo- lutionary war and died at Wiscasset, October 16, 1833. He was son of Samuel and Han- nah (Ladd) Huntoon. Samuel Huntoon was born at Kingston, New Hampshire, June 18, 1718, and died at Nottingham, New Hamp- shire, in May, 1796. He married, May 26, 1742, Hannah Ladd, daughter of Daniel and Mehitable (Philbrick) Ladd. He was a sol- dier in Captain Bullard's company, Colonel James Frey's regiment in 1775 ; he was son of John and Mary (Rundlet) Huntoon ; married about 1716. John Huntoon died December 8, 1778, and was son of Philip Huntoon, the im- migrant, who married Betsey Hall, of Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1687. Philip Huntoon was born about 1660 and died in Kingston, May 10, 1752. Mary (Robbins) Beal was also a granddaughter of Polly ( Pelton) Hun- toon, whose father, Joel Pelton, was born No- vember 5, 1753, in Somers, Connecticut. He served all through the revolution ; was in Cap- tain Clark's company, Colonel Obadiah John- son's regiment of militia ; also in Captain Brig- ham's company, in the fifth regiment Connecti- cut Line under Colonel Isaac Sherman. He was one of the body guard of General Wash- ington and spent the winter at Valley Forge and was present at the surrender of York- town. He married, 1791, Anna Cotter, daugh- ter of Timothy. Cotter, of Whitefield, Maine, and died in Madrid, Maine, March 7, 1856, aged one hundrel and three years. He was de- scended from John Pelton, the immigrant, who came to Boston in 1630. Children of Na- thaniel B. and Mary Beal: 1. Fred Marshall, born April 24, 1855, died January 12, 1857. 2. Minnie Geneva, May 20, 1858, married June 28, 1880, J. Watson Smith; resides at St. Paul, Minnesota ; had children, Harold Beal and Mary Nathalie Smith. 3. Fred Nathaniel, mentioned below.
(IX) Fred Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel B. Beal, was born in Phillips, Maine, April 14, 1860. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of eighteen he began his career as a railroad man, as express messenger on the Sandy River railroad, Maine, became conductor, then assistant superintend- ent, later superintendent, and is now general passenger and freight agent of the consoli- dated lines, which comprised six companies now known as the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes railroad. He resides in Phillips and is treasurer of the Phillips Building Company and president of the Phillips Hotel Company. He is a Republican in politics and in religion
a Universalist. He is a member of Blue Moun- tain Lodge, No. 67, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Phillips. He married, March I, 1855, Ella Esther Harvey, born May 31, 1863, died June 15, 1893, daughter of B. B. Harvey, of Strong, Maine. Children, born at Phillips : 1. Hermia, July 29, 1889. 2. Ella Esther, May 2, 1893.
BUTLER The Butler family is descended from the ninth Duke of Or- mond. The Dukes of Ormond were created under Edward III of England, and placed over the county Palatine of Or- mond, Tipperary, Ireland. They were sent from England to Ireland by Henry II of Eng- land in 1172. They were also stationed there under King John. They originally came to England with William the Conqueror, from Glanville, near Caen, France. (See American Family Genealogy, p. 31 ; also Thomas Butler and his Descendants, p. 20 and 21 ; also vol- ume for 1848, N. E. G. & A. R. P. 355.)
(I) Thomas Butler settled in Berwick, Maine, about 1690. He was the fourth son of the ninth Duke of Ormond. He had a son Moses, mentioned below.
(II) Moses, son of Thomas Butler, resided in Berwick. In 1740 he was in command of a company as captain, and in 1744 recruited the Seventh Company of the First Massachu- setts Regiment, which he commanded during the siege and capture of Louisburg, July 4, 1745. He was also at the siege of Quebec in 1754. He had a son Thomas, mentioned be- low.
(III) Thomas, son of Moses Butler, was an officer in the revolution in Captain Ebenezer Sullivan's company, Colonel Scammon's regi- ment, stationed at Cambridge and vicinity in 1775. He had a son Nathaniel, mentioned be- low.
(IV) Nathaniel, son of Thomas Butler, served in the revolution when a boy. He mar- ried Mercy Wentworth, a lineal descendant of Elder William Wentworth, who came from Alford, Lincolnshire, England, to Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1639. Elder William Went- worth was the twenty-first descendant of Regi- nald Wentworth, who was the proprietor of the Lordship of Wentworth, of Strafford, in the west of Yorkshire, in the parish of Wath- upon-Dearn, nine miles from Sheffield, and thirteen miles from Doncaster, and who was living there when William the Conqueror came to England in 1066. Nathaniel Butler had a son Nathaniel, mentioned below.
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