Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume I, Part 49

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 802

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(III) Irving Wardwell, son of Solomon Thayer Case, was born in Lubec, Maine, Feb- ruary 19, 1866. He received his education in the public schools of his native town, spent his boyhood on his father's farm in Lubec, and_was for a number of years clerk in a gen- eral store in his native town. In 1897 he was appointed by President Mckinley postmaster of Lubec, and in 1903 and 1907 re-appointed by President Roosevelt. In the meantime the office has been raised from the fourth to the third class. Mr. Case has been a thoroughly

efficient and eminently satisfactory public of- ficer. From the time he came of age Mr. Case has been an active Republican. He has been a member of the Lubec school board from 1887 to 1897. He is a member of Wash- ington Lodge, No. 37, Free and Accepted Masons, of Lubec ; of Eastern Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Eastport. He has been mas- ter of the lodge and is past district deputy grand master of the second Masonic district of Maine. He is a member of Cobscook Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men; of the Modern Woodmen of America ; the Golden Cross and of Lubec Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of which he is past master. He is active in the Lubec board of trade. He is a member of the Christian church, trustee and librarian of the Lubec public library. He married, May I, 1899, Mary Rowena, born September 26, 1872, daughter of Captain Albion and Ann Maria (Comstock) Davis. Her father was born April 10, 1832, served in the United States navy in the civil war, and was a master mar- iner.

EATON The name Eaton figures largely in American history, and Ameri- can biography limited to the names of notable personages give place to twenty-three of the names as follows: Amos Eaton (1776-1842), a noted botanist; Amos Beebe . Eaton (1806-1887), major-general United States army ; Asa Eaton ( 1778-1858), Episcopal clergyman ; Benjamin Harrison Eaton (1833-1904), governor of Colorado; Daniel Cody Eaton (1834-1895), botanist ; Daniel Cody Eaton (1837), educator and au- thor ; Dorman Bridgman Eaton ( 1828-1899), lawyer and author; Edward Dwight Eaton (1851), president of Beloit College; George Washington Eaton ( 1804-1872), president Madison University, Hamilton, New York; Horace Eaton ( 1804-1855), governor of Ver- mont ; James R. Eaton ( 1834), educator, Lib- erty, Missouri ; James Webster Eaton (1857- 1901), lawyer ; John Eaton ( 1829-1906), edu- cator ; John Henry Eaton ( 1790-1856), United States senator ; Joseph Hayward Eaton ( 1812- 1859), president Union University, Tennes- see ; Joseph Oriel Eaton ( 1829-1875), painter ; Luciem Eaton (1831-1890), lawyer ; Samuel J. M. Eaton, D. D. (1820-1889), representa- tive in United States congress; Thomas T. Eaton ( 1845-1907), editor and clergyman ; William Eaton ( 1764-1811), brigadier-general United States army ; William Hadley Eaton (1818-1896), clergyman and author; William Wallace Eaton (1816-1898), United States

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senator; Wyatt Eaton ( 1849-1896), painter. ( For ancestry to sixth generations see Jonas Eaton (I) on another page. )

(VII) Josephi Emerson, son of Jonas (5) and Mary (Corey) Eaton, was born in Gro- ton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, 1809, died August 4, 1868. He removed from Gro- ton to the St. Croix region, New Brunswick, where he reached manhood and engaged with other members of the family in the lumber business, in which he was succeeded by his son, Bradley L. Eaton. Joseph E. Eaton mar- ried, in 1832, Jane Wright, of St. Stephens, New Brunswick. Children: I. Charles H., a resident of Calais, Maine; married Sarah Keith, of Portland, Maine. 2. Joseph E., a resident of Calais; married Mary Simpson, of Brooklyn, New York. 3. Elizabeth, married Albert Benton, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 4. Albert C., married Ella Lovering, of Houl- ton, Maine. 5. Herbert W., a resident of Calais, unmarried. 6. Bradley Llewellyn, men- tioned below. Joseph Emerson Eaton married (second) Elizabeth Roache ; children : 7. Mary J., of Boston, Massachusetts, unmarried. 8. William, died in infancy.

(VIII) Bradley Llewellyn, son of Joseph Emerson and Jane (Wright) Eaton, was born in Milltown, St. Stephens, New Brunswick, December 5, 1850. He was a pupil in the common schools of St. Stephens and for five years in the excellent public schools of Boston and Andover, Massachusetts. When sixteen years of age his father died and he took his place in the lumber business on the St. Croix river, which he carried on from the city of Calais, Maine, 1866-87. He removed to New York City in 1887, and two years later became a partner in the lumber business conducted by Church E. Gates & Company, a leading firm in their line in New York City, with large yards at One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and Fourth avenue, and Webster ave- nue, near Bedford Park, in the Bronx district of Greater New York. He was made a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity, holding mem- bership in St. Croix Lodge, Calais, Maine, and the Hugh de Payens Commandery, also of Calais. He is a member of Harlem Social and Harlem Republican clubs, of the New York Yacht, New York Athletic and the Larchmont Yacht clubs. He was made a director of the Mount Morris Bank and of the Metropolitan Bank, both of the city of New York. With his family he attends the Congregational church. He married, October 10, 1872, Vash- ti, daughter of Ephraim C. and Vashti Gates, of Calais, Maine. Children: I. Jane Vashti,

born May 28, 1874. 2. Church Gates, Decem- ber 18, 1876, died December 2, 1878. 3. F. Emerson, November 13, 1878, died October 31, 1881. 4. Grace Llewellyn, January 21, 1883. 5. Ruth Lois, October 20, 1884. 6. Walter Bradley, July 9, 1888.

EATON Whatever may have been the cause of the immigration of this family from the old country, one thing is plain, that the leader was a man of conviction who acted upon his own judgment. His general course of conduct from the time he left Salisbury till he died in Haverhill ·clearly shows that he was capable under God of being the architect of his own fortune. His autograph, his dealings in real estate, his of- ficial relations in Salisbury, his breaking away from his associations there, his choice of a home in Haverhill, and finally his last will and testament, are so many testimonials of his in- tellectual ability and moral integrity. The vari- ous admirable characteristics so pre-eminent in the ancestor prevail very largely in his progeny. The general standing of the Eatons of America to-day is such as to reflect honor on the name.

(I) John and Anne Eaton with their six children came to our New England shores, like so many other families of their time, with- out leaving any known record of the date or place of their arrival, or of the vessel in which they came. His name first appears on the proprietor's books of Salisbury, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1639-40. It is supposed that the family came from England, but no trace of its ancestry has yet been found. There were several grants of real estate made by the "ffreemen" of Salisbury unto John Eaton Sr. from 1640 to 1646 inclusive. One was of a house lot in Salisbury, near the present town office; the other, supposed to be the one he lived upon, was a "planting lott containing pr estimation six acres more or less, lying uvon ye great Neck." His house was near the "great Neck bridge" on "the beach road." This homestead has never passed out of the Eaton family and is now owned by seven sisters in equal and undivided shares, under the pleas- ing name of "Brookside Farm." In the spring of 1646 John Eaton was chosen grand juror, and also one of the five "Prudential men" to manage the affairs of the town. In the same year he transferred his homestead to his son John and removed with the rest of his fam- ily about fifteen miles up the Merrimac to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he spent the last twenty-two years of his life in tilling the

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soil and in manufacturing staves. One of his entries in the records of the town of Haverhill is "Anne ye wife of John Eaton died on the 5th of February, 1660." Another, "John Eaton sen. and Phebe Dow, wid. of Thomas Dow of Newbury, were married ye 20th of Novem- ber, 1661." John Eaton Sr. died in Haverhill, October 29, 1668, aged seventy-three years. Mrs. Phebe (Dow) Eaton died 1672. The children of John and Anne Eaton were : John, Ann, Elizabeth, Ruth, Thomas and Hester.

(II) John (2), eldest child of John (I) and Anne Eaton, was born in 1619, probably in England, and died on his homestead on "the great Neck" November 1, 1682. He appears to have come to Salisbury, Massachusetts, with his father in the winter of 1639-40. He succeeded to his father's homestead on "the great Neck" and other real estate, which he occupied till his death. He was the possessor of much real estate, and in conveyance is sometimes called "cooper" and at other times "planter." He married, about 1644, Martha Rowlandson, daughter of Thomas Rowland- son Sr., of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and sister of the Rev. Joseph Rowlandson, who was graduated from Harvard College in 1652, the only member of his class. She died July, 1712, a woman of great age, and of great excellency of character. Their children were: Hester, John, Thomas, Martha, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, Mary, Samuel, Joseph and Ephraim.

(III) Joseph, son of John (2) and Martha (Rowlandson) Eaton, was born March 6, 1660, in Salisbury, and died there January 13, 1743. His will was made February 2, 1736. He subscribed to the oath of allegiance and fidelity in 1677, and was a freeman in 1690. He married, December 14, 1683, in Salisbury, Mary French, daughter of John and Mary (Noyes) French, and granddaughter of Ed- ward French, the pioneer of Salisbury. She was born June 12, 1663, in Salisbury, and died July 12, 1726, in that town. Joseph Eaton was published November 2, 1726, as intending to marry Mary Worster, of Bradford. His children were: John (died young), John, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, Moses, Mary, Nicholas, Sarah and Jacob.

(IV) John (3), second son of Joseph and Mary (French) Eaton, was born in Salisbury, October 18, 1685, resided in that town throughout his life, and died there March I, 1746. Administration on his estate was granted to. his son Joseph, "cordwainer," May 18, 1747. He married (first) about 1710, Esther Johnson, of Kingston, New Hamp- shire, who died January 22, 1728. Wife Es-

ther was baptized in the First Church of Salis- bury, September 8, 1723. John Eaton and wife were admitted to the First Church, No- vember 26, 1727. He married (second) July 2, 1728, Elizabeth Hook, who survived him, and married, December 28, 1752, Abner Low- ell. Hoyt's old families of Salisbury and Amesbury gives the children of John (3) as : Joseph, John, Abigail, Hannah, Mary, Moses, Esther, Elizabeth, Wyman and John; and adds "perhaps other children."

(V) Wyman, son of John (3) and Esther (Johnson) Eaton, was born in Salisbury, July, 1725, and settled in that part of Hampton, New Hampshire, now Seabrook, and within six miles of the homestead he made. There five generations of descendants have resided up to the present time. In 1765 Wyman Eaton's name appears on the petition to Gov- ernor Wentworth for a Presbyterian Society in Hampton Falls, which shows that he was a freeholder and an inhabitant of the town.

(VI) John (4), son of Wyman Eaton, bought land in Buxton, Maine, in 1774, from James Gray, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, and moved to that town. He married Jemima Green and they had nine children.

(VII) Tristram, fourth child of John (4) and Jemima (Green) Eaton, was born in Bux- ton, Maine, December 16, 1781, and died there 1875. The Buxton Centennial History says that Tristram Eaton attended teacher Bar- nabas Sawyer's school, which was taught in 1785, in Ebenezer Ridlon's house, which house stood where the house of Captain Lewis B. Goodwin now stands. In 1808 Tristram Eaton settled on the place he still occupied in 1872. He was present at the raising of the first mill (a sawmill) at the Bar on the Hollis side. Mr. Eaton is several times quoted by the compiler of the Centennial History of Buxton, and "though feeble in body," is said to be "sound in mind and with a remarkably clear and dis- tinct memory." The compiler seems to have availed himself of all the assistance this an- cient man could give him, which without doubt was no little, but he did not give him a single line of a biographical sketch, though he devotes page after page to other men and their families. Tristram Eaton married Betsy Woodman.

(VIII) Stephen W., son of Tristram and Betsy (Woodman) Eaton, was born in Bux- ton, Maine. His first work in connection with the traveling public was in employ of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal Company. He was next engaged as an engineer in making the first survey of the line of the Atlantic & St.

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Lawrence (now the Grand Trunk) railroad. After the road was completed he filled the office of freight agent. This office he re- signed in 1853 to accept a position on the Michigan Central railroad. He remained there but a short time and then returned to Maine and became railroad superintendent at Leeds and Farmington, next filling the office of sec- ond lieutenant of the Androscoggin railroad, and later he was first superintendent of the York & Cumberland. This was the last rail- road office held by him. He next engaged in commercial business in Portland, and for many years was one of the prominent merchants of that city. In politics he affiliated with the Democratic party, which was then dominant in the state of Maine, and was surveyor of the port of Portland during the administration of President Taylor, serving under Collector Jewett. He was a Free Mason and prominent in the councils of the order. In 1854 he re- moved from Portland to Gorham, on account of ill health of his family, though still at- tending to his business in the city. He died in Gorham in 1876, aged seventy-one. Stephen W. Eaton married Miranda B. Knox, who was born in Portland; her father was a de- scendant of General Knox, having been born in Buxton. Eight children were born of this marriage : Stephen M., Samuel K., George R., Minnie, Charles P., Woodman S., Howard B. and Edward.

(VIII) Charles Coffin, seventh son of Tris- tram and Betsy (Woodman) Eaton, was born in Buxton, May 14, 1819, and died there March 12, 1898. He attended the district schools and Standish Academy, afterward going into business in Portland, Maine, as general agent of the International Steamship Company and remaining there about twenty years. After retiring from active business he moved to Limington and lived there about six years, where he bought and sold timber and had an interest in the tannery business. He afterward moved to Saco, were he lived about five years, and finally settled down in Buxton on a farm, where he died. He married, in the year 1851, Esther Jane Frost, of Limington, by whom he had three daughters, Ella Frost, died 1852, aged fourteen months ; Harriet Re- becca, died 1870, aged sixteen years; Helen Hathaway, born 1858, is still living with her mother in Gorham, Maine.

(IX) Woodman Stephen, fifth son of Ste- phen W. and Miranda B. (Knox) Eaton, was born in Portland, October 16, 1846, and died in Portland, August 28, 1905. His early edu- cation was obtained in a private school in

Portland, and later he attended the well-known Gorham Academy. He was seventeen years of age in 1863, and at that time he became an office assistant in the employ of the Berlin Mills, at Berlin, New Hampshire. He after- ward spent some time in Lewiston in the freight department of the Androscoggin rail- road, where he acquired his first idea of rail- road work, and was next called to the south and filled a position in the office of the provost marshal, New Orleans, till the close of the war. When he returned to Maine he took a position with the Androscoggin Railroad Com- pany and worked a year as freight checker. He left this place to take a position as freight cashier of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth railroad, remaining from 1867 to 1875. In the latter year he was made freight agent of the Eastern railroad, and in 1882 assumed the greater responsibilities of freight agent of both the Eastern and the Maine Central. He was made general freight agent of the Maine Central railroad in 1885 and held that office until 1897. During the time he was gen- eral freight agent the road had a very rapid growth, and his care and responsibility in- creased as the years passed. The manner in which he handled the business proved him to be a man of exceptional executive ability. He attended the High Street Congregational Church and contributed liberally to its support. In politics he was a Republican, and gave his firm support to his party, but never held a political office. He was a Free Mason and attained the thirty-second degree in that an- cient fraternity, belonging to Ancient Land- mark Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons ; Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter ; Portland Commandery, Knights Templar ; Maine Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret ; and Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was a past commander of the Portland Commandery, and grand sword-bearer of the Grand Commandery of Maine. He was also a member of Ligonia Lodge, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, Eastern Star Encamp- ment, Patriarchs Militant, and Bramhall League, the Cumberland, the Portland, and Country clubs. Woodman S. Eaton married, in Gorham, October 16, 1866, Judith Annette Colby, of Gorham, who was born in Water- ford, Maine, 1849, daughter of Rev. Joseph and Almeda (Ballard) Colby. Four children were born to them: William C., mentioned below. Edward S., who died in 1895, aged twenty-four. Harry Woodman and Gertrude May, who died in infancy.

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(X) William Colby, eldest son of Wood- man S. and Judith Annette (Colby) Eaton, was born in Portland, January 13, 1868. After passing through the public schools of Port- land, graduating from the high school in 1886, he entered Harvard College, where he took his degree of B. A. in 1891. After his return to Portland he read law in the office of Charles F. Libby, Esq., and was admitted to the bar in March, 1894. Immediately there- after he re-established himself in what has proved to be a successful business, devoting himself to the general practice of law rather than to any special line. He is a Republican, and has taken an active part in the affairs of his party. In 1901-02 he was a member of the city council ; in 1903-04 assistant county attorney ; and in 1905-06 county attorney. June 9, 1908, he again received the nomina- tion of county attorney over five other candi-

dates. He is a member of the Cumberland Bar Association and the American Bar Asso- ciation. He was four years on the staff of Governor Powers, as senior aide-de-camp, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He is as thor- oughly interested in Free Masonry as was his father, and is a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Mt. Ver- non Royal Arch Chapter; Portland Comman- dery, Knights Templar; and Maine Consis- tory, Sublime Princes of the Roval Secret, of which he is a thirty-second degree member. He is a member of the Cumberland, Portland, Athletic, Country, Elks and Lincoln clubs. William C. Eaton married, May 16, 1894, Marion Durant Dow, daughter of Colonel Fred N. and Julia D. (Hammond) Dow, of Portland. (See Dow XI.) They have one child, Annette Hammond, born March 13, 1898.

The name may have been GARDINER derived from two Saxon words: gar, signifying a weapon, dart, javelin, arms; and dyn, sound, alarm, noise. These two Saxon words would make the name Gardyn and with the er, de- noting the inhabitant of a place would be Gardyner, and by transition easily and natur- ally made into Gardiner. Or it may have come from the occupation of gardener, keeper of a garden.

(I) George, said to have been a son of Sir Thomas Gardiner, Knight, was admitted as an inhabitant of Aquidneck, September I, 1638. He was born in England in 1601, and died in Kings county, Rhode Island, 1679. He left six sons: I. Benoni (q. v.). 2. Henry,

who died in 1744, aged one hundred and one years. 3. William, who died in 17II, at sea by the hands of pirates. 4. George, who died in 1724, aged ninety-four years. 5. Nicholas, born about 1654, died 1712. 6. Joseph. The fourteen children of George Gardiner, accord- ing to Austin, were born as follows: Benoni, Henry, George, William, Nicholas, Dorcas, Rebecca, Samuel, Joseph, Lydia, Mary, Pere- grine, Robert, Jeremiah.

(II) Benoni, eldest child of George Gar- diner, the immigrant, was born in England about 1627, and died in Kingston, Rhode Isl- and, 1731, aged one hundred and four years. He came to Narragansett, Rhode Island, with his parents, and took the oath of allegiance May 19, 1671, the same year his first child, William, was born of his wife Mary; their other children were: . Nathaniel, Stephen, Isaac, born January 7, 1687, Bridget. His wife Mary was born in 1645, and died Novem- ber 16, 1729.

(III) William, son of Benoni and Mary Gardiner, was born at Boston Neck, Rhode Island, 1671, in Narragansett. He was known as William Junior to distinguish him from his uncle, William Gardiner, who called himself "son of George Gardiner of Newport," and died in 1732. He married Abigail, born in 1681, daughter of John and Abigail (Rich- mond) Remington, of Newport. Kingston, Rhode Island, and granddaughter of Edward and Abigail (Davis) Richmond. They lived on Boston Neck, South Kingston, Rhode Island, where their seven children were born as follows: I. John, born 1696, died 1770; married (first) Mary Hill, had three children ; married (second) Mary Taylor, of Jamaica, Long Island, seven children. 2. William, mar- ried Elizabeth Gibbs, and had issue. 3. Thom- as, who died without issue. 4. Sylvester (q. v.). 5. Abigail, married (first) Caleb Hazard and (second) Governor William Robinson. 6. Hannah, married Dr. McSparran. 7. Lydia, married Josiah Arnold, grandson of Governor Benedict Arnold. After the death of William Gardiner, of Boston Neck, December 14, 1732, his widow married Captain Job Almy.

(IV) Sylvester, fourth son of William and Abigail (Remington) Gardiner, was born in the family mansion at South Kingston, Rhode Island, 1708. He was sent to Boston, Massa- chusetts, to attend school and prepare for the practice of medicine. He spent eight years in England and France, and returned to Boston an accomplished physician and surgeon. He practiced in Boston, where he was considered one of the ablest physicians in America. He

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also engaged in business as an importer of drugs and became very wealthy. He became proprietor of about one hundred thousand acres of land, part of the Plymouth purchase on the Kennebec river in the district of Maine. Part of this tract of land he colonized with Germans, that settlement being known as Pownalboro, afterwards Dresden. Another chief town was Gardinerstown, afterwards di- vided into Gardiner and Pittston. He was a warden of King's Chapel, Boston, and one of the founders of Christ Church there. Hc also endowed Christ Church, Gardinerstown, now Gardiner, Maine, with ten acres of land for a globe and twenty-eight pounds sterling annual- ly for the salary of the minister forever. He remained loyal to the mother country at the time of the Revolution. When the British evacuated Boston hc was obliged to leave that city and was banished from his estate in Maine. He took refuge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and his estatcs in Boston werc con- fiscated. He removed from Halifax to Eng- land. He returned to the United States in 1785, settling in Newport, where he continued the practice of his profession up to the time of his death, which occurred in Newport, Rhode Island, August 8, 1786. He married (first) Anne, daughter of Dr. John Gibbons, of Boston, and had six children: I. John (q. v.). 2. William, who had no issue. 3. Anne, who became the wife of Rt. Hon. Arthur Browne, son (or brother ) of the Earl of Alta- mont, and their first son, John, married a daughter of Lord Howe, and the three other children were: James, Anne Maria and Lou- isa. 4. Hannah (q. v.). 5. Rebecca, married Philip Dumaresque, four children. 6. Abi- gail, married for her first husband Oliver Whipple, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and afterward a lawyer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. By her first marriage she had three children: Sylvester G., Hannah, who became the wife of Frederic Allen, a lawyer of Gardiner, Maine, and Anne. Dr. Sylvester Gardiner marricd (second) Love Eppes, of Salem, Massachusetts, and for his third wife, Catherine Goldthwaite. He had no children by his second or third marriages.

(V) John, eldest child of Sylvester and Anne (Gibbons) Gardiner, was born in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, about the year 1731, and was drowned on his way from Pownalboro to Boston in 1793. He was sent to London to be educated in the law at the Inner Temple, and he received the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Glasgow in 1755. He prac- ticed law in London and in Wales, and was

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume I, Part 49

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe Publication date: 1909 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 802

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 802