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sent by the government to St. Christophers, British West Indies, as attorney general in 1765 and he held that important government position up to 1783, when he returned to his native city and practiced law there for two or three ycars. His father, Dr. Sylvester Gar- diner, was a large owner in the Plymouth pur- chasc, and became the owner of large tracts in Maine, one hundred thousand acres of land on the Kennebec river, and he became the founder of Gardinerstown, which was after- wards divided into Pittston and Gardiner. John Gardiner located in Pownalboro and he represented that town in the general court of Massachusetts from 1788 to 1793. He ac- ceptcd the Unitarian religious view and was the prime mover in changing Kings Chapel, Boston, from the use to which it had been consecrated by the authority of the church of England and making it the home of the Uni- tarian society, but unlike the other Unitarian churches in Boston, Kings Chapel used the book of Common Prayer with the changes necessary to make it conform to the Unitarian faith. John Gardiner received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Harvard Col- lege in 1791. He married Margaret Harries in South Wales, of a very respectable family, and among their children was John Sylvester, born in Haverford West, Southern Wales, in June, 1765. He was brought up in the family of his grandfather, Dr. Sylvester Gardiner, in Boston, 1770-75, returned to England in the latter year and was a pupil of Dr. Samuel Parr, 1776-82. He pursued a course of law in Boston, Massachusetts, 1783-85, but left the law to enter the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church. His diaconate was passed in Beaufort, South Carolina, as minister in charge of the parish of St. Helena, where he remained 1789-92. He was elevated to the priesthood in 1791, and was assistant rector of Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts, 1792-1805, and rector 1805-30. Harvard hon- ored him with the degree of A. M. in 1803, and the University of Pennsylvania conferred on him the LL. D. degree in 1813. He con- ducted a classical school in Boston, 1792-1805, and he organized and was the first president of the Anthology Club, Boston, his term as president extending from 1805 to 1811. He died in Harrowgate, England, July 29, 1830, while a health-seeker in that locality. His aunt, Hannah (q. v.), became the wife of Rob- ert Hallowell, and they became the parents of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (q. v.), on whom, on account of a dislike to the religious and political principles of his eldest son John, Dr.
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Sylvester Gardiner in his will settled his es- tate at Gardincr.
(V) Hannah, fourth child and second daughter of Sylvester and Anne( Gibbons) Gardiner, was born 1744, died February 9, 1796. She married, January 7, 1772, Robert Hallowell, for whom the town of Hallowell in the district of Maine was named. They had four daughters, all of whom died unmar- ried, and one son Robert, who, by the wish of his grandfather, Dr. Sylvester Gardiner, as expressed in his will, applied to the general court of Massachusetts to have his name changed to Robert Hallowell Gardiner, and the legislature of 1803 passed an act to that effect and this act gives him a place in the Gardiner genealogy.
(VI) Robert Hallowell, son of Robert and Hannah (Gardiner) Hallowell, was born in Bristol, England, February 10, 1782, while his parents and maternal grandparents were resi- dents of England. He came with them to Newport in 1785, and was prepared for ma- triculation at Harvard College, and was grad- uated A. B. in 1801, A. M. in 1804. In 1803 his name was changed by the legislature of Massachusetts, as above mentioned, to Robert Hallowell Gardiner. He devoted his business hours to the cares of the large Gardiner estate and in educational and church work. He was a trustee of Bowdoin College, 1841-60; an honorary member of the Massachusetts His- torical Society; a Whig in national politics and a useful and greatly respected citizen of the town of Gardiner, Maine. He was mar- ried to Emma Jane Tudor, and they lived in Gardiner, Maine, where nine children were
born as follows: I. Emma Jane, died un- married. 2. Anne Hallowell, married Francis Richards and had five sons and one daughter.
3. Robert Hallowell, born November 3, 1809, married Sarah Fenwick Jones, of Savannah, Georgia ; he graduated from Harvard, A. B., 1830; died 1886. 4. Delia Tudor, married George Jones, of Savannah, and died without issue. 5. Lucy Vaughan, died unmarried. 6. John William Tudor (q. v.). 7. Henrietta, married Richard Sullivan, of Boston, and died without issue. 8. Frederick, born September II, 1822, graduated from Bowdoin, A. B., 1842; A. M. 1845; D. D. 1869 ; General Theo- logical Seminary, New York, 1845; honorary D. D., Kenyon, 1869; Trinity, 1870; married Caroline, daughter of William Vaughan ; died in Middletown, Connecticut, July 17, 1889. 9. Eleanor Harriet.
(VII) John William Tudor, second son and sixth child of Robert Hallowell and Emma
Jane (Tudor) Gardiner, was born in Gardiner, Maine, June 5, 1817, and died there Septem- ber 27, 1879. He was a student at Harvard College, class of 1836, leaving college in 1835 to accept an appointment as cadet at West Point Military Academy. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1840, with a class rank of twenty-six in a class of forty-two, having as classmates : Will- iam T. Sherman, Stewart Van Vleet, George H. Thomas, Richard S. Ewell, George W. Getty, William Hays, Bushrod R. Johnson and Thomas Jordan. He was assigned to the First Dragoons, July 1, 1840, with the brevet rank of second lieutenant, and on December 31, 1840, become second lieutenant. He re- ceived promotion as follows : First lieutenant, April 21, 1846; captain, October 9, 1851 ; ma- jor, Second Cavalry, October 26, 1861, and he was "retired from active service November 14, 1861, for disability resulting from long and faithful service and from disease and exposure in the line of duty." He served on mustering and recruiting service in the state of Maine and as acting assistant adjutant general; as provost marshal general and chief mustering and disbursing officer at Augusta, Maine, 1861-64, and he was brevetted lieutenant col- onel March 13, 1865, "for meritorious service during the Rebellion." He was married at "The Woodyard," Maryland, July 5, 1854, to Anne Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Patterson) Hays, of Carlisle, Pennsyl- vania, born October 25, 1821, and their chil- dren were: I. Robert Hallowell (q. v.). 2. Eleanor, June 3, 1857. 3. Anne, died in in- fancy. 4. Francis Richards, born 1861, died 1880. 5. and 6. John Hays and John Tudor (twins), born April 6, 1863.
(VIII) Robert Hallowell, eldest child of Colonel John William Tudor and Anne Eliza- beth (Hays) Gardiner, was born at Fort Tejon, California, September 9, 1855. He was graduated at the Montreal high school, 1871 ; Roxbury Latin school, Boston, Massachusetts, 1872; Harvard College, A. B., 1876; student in the Harvard University Law School, 1878- 80; admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1880, and practiced law in Boston from that time. He became a director in the Arlington Mills; in the Webster & Atlas National Bank; in the Cochrane Chemical Company; in the Falls Company; in the Shetucket Company, of which corporation he was president; and a trustee of the Gardiner Real Estate Associa- tion ; the Cushing Real Estate Trust; the Nickerson Land Trust; the Perry Real Estate Trust; the William Lawrence Real Estate
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Trust ; the Boston Real Estate Trust and of other estates and corporations. He also be- came a trustee of the Wells Memorial Insti- tute. He was one of the founders of the Re- publican Club of Massachusetts and served as chairman of its executive committee. He was prominent in the Protestant Episcopal church as a member of the standing committee for the dioceses first of Massachusetts and afterwards of Maine, and delegate from the latter diocese to the general convention of 1904 and 1907, and in 1904 was elected president of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, and in 1908 president of the National Conference of Church Clubs. In 1900 he made his home and legal residence at Gardiner, Maine, and his winter home is in Boston, his law office being at 713 Barristers Hall, Pemberton Square. He was married at Trinity Church, Boston, June 23, 1881, to Alice, daughter of Edward and Anne (Outram) Bangs, of Watertown, Massachusetts. The children of Edward and Anne (Outram) Bangs were : Alice, born in Watertown, Massachusetts, Au- gust 14, 1857, wife of Robert H. Gardiner ; Anne Outram, married Russell Sturgis; Ed- ward Appleton, Harvard, A. B., 1884; Out- ram; Francis Reginald, Harvard, A. B., 1891, LL. B., 1894. The children of Robert Hallo- well and Alice ( Bangs) Gardiner are: I. Rob- ert Hallowell Jr., born November 5, 1882; Roxbury Latin school, 1900, Harvard College, A. B. and A. M., 1904, and Law School, LL. B., 1907. 2. Alice, February 24, 1885, mar- ried Livingston Davis, Harvard, A. B., 1904. 3. Sylvester, January 11, 1888, died May 15, 1889. 4. Anna Lowell, September 9, 1890. 5. William Tudor, June 12, 1892.
COUSENS The first representative of this family of whom there is any information was John Cousens, who settled in Poland, Maine, in 1798, and there lived a useful and busy life, winning the respect and confidence of all with whom he was brought in contact. He married Sarah Cushman, and among their children was William, see forward.
(II) William, son of John and Sarah (Cushman) Cousens, was born in Poland, Maine, where he spent his active years, and where his death occurred. He was a man of sterling integrity, honorable in all his trans- actions, and his influence was felt in the com- munity in which he resided. He married Mary Whittam, who bore him one child, Ly- . daughter of John and Mary (Abbott) True. man Munson, see forward.
(III) Lyman Munson, only child of Will-
iam and Mary ( Whittam) Cousens, was born in Poland, January 10, 1840. He attended the public schools and Gorham Academy. In 1858 he entered the employ of S. M. Milliken at Minot, Maine, the proprietor of a general country store, and there remained four years. He then formed a partnership with his em- ployer, the name being Milliken & Cousens, and this connection continued two years. He then formed a partnership with William H. Rounds, under the firm name of Cousens & Rounds, but after several years this connection was dissolved. Selling his interest, Mr. Cous- ens removed to Portland and was in 1868 a partner in the firm of Marr, True & Com- pany, but after a few years became a partner in the firm of D. W. True & Company, whole- sale grocers, and in 1880 associated himself with Edward Tomlinson under the firm name of Cousens & Tomlinson, wholesale grocers, which was merged into the present firm of Milliken Tomlinson Company. In 1890 William H. Milliken, S. M. Milliken, L. M. Cousens and J. H. Short formed the firm of Milliken, Cousens & Company, wholesale dealers in dry goods and manufacturers of pants and overalls, employing one hundred hands in the factory and with a force of one hundred in the main store as salesmen, clerks, &c., also as commission merchants in cotton goods. Mr. Cousens has been very successful in a financial way, and has interests in various enterprises. He is president of the Fitzgerald Land & Lumber Company, director in the Dalton Paper Mills, the Portland National Bank, the Union Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany, the Mercantile Trust Company, presi- dent of Dana Warp Mills, member of Port- land Club and Lotus Club of New York City. Mr. Cousens is now and has always been a Republican. He is a member of various Ma- sonic bodies up to and including the thirty- second degree ; is also a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows; is connected with the Home for Friendless Boys, the Mary Brown Home, president of the Widows Wood Society, of which he is also a trustee, and the Portland Benevolent Society and Provident Association. Mr. Cousens is recognized as a liberal and public-spirited citizen, interested in whatever promises for the public good and always ready to contribute his share of either work or means to accomplish any good end. Mr. Cousens married, December 8, 1870, Mary E. True, born in Bangor, Maine, 1846, Five children were born of this marriage: Two daughters who died in infancy. John T.,
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who died at the age of fourteen years. Will- iam T., who was a member of the firm of Milliken, Cousens & Company. Lyman A., who married Gertrude M. Cortland. William T. and Lyman A. Cousens are now of the firm of L. M. Cousens & Company, commis- sion merchants on cotton goods. Mr. Cousens and family are members of State Street Con- gregational Church.
COUSINS There are families in America bearing this name descended from the French family, Cous- in, and from English ancestry. The English name is found in old documents spelled Cur- zon, Cozzen, Cousin, Cosen, Cousens and Cousins. In New England the two last spell- ings prevail. Tradition makes these families descend from Geraldine de Curson, or Curzen, a man of Breton extraction who followed William the Conqueror into England in 1066. He was rewarded for his services by his chief with many estates, and lived on the principal one at Locking in Berkshire, and was known as Lord of the Manor of Locking. The most distinguished person of this name is George Nathaniel Curson, first baron of Kedletton, late viceroy and governor-general of India, who married an American, Miss Leiter, of Chicago.
(I) John Cousins, the first settler of the name in Maine and probably in New England, was born in England in 1596. He settled at West Gustigo, now North Yarmouth, on an island near the mouth of Royal river, still known as Cousins' Island. He bought this land of Richard Vines in 1645. After living there thirty years he fled to York on account of the Indian depredations committed in King Phillip's war. G. F. Ridlon Sr., in his book "Saco Valley Settlements and Families," says of John Cousins: "He served in the assembly under Cleve in 1648, while he was deputy president of Lygonia, his name being under his mark on a decree against the Trelawny estate in favor of Robert Jordan, by which act the property of said Trelawny in this state was lost to his heirs. The date of the death of (John) Cousins has not been ascertained, but he must have survived to a great age. His descendants lived in York, Wells, Kenne- bunk, Lyman, Saco, Biddeford and Hollis, and are now scattered through the state." Isaac and Thomas Cousins are believed to have been sons of John.
(II) Thomas, son of John Cousins, was an inhabitant of Wells before 1670. He had a grant of land consisting of one hundred acres
on Little river. Two of his children were Hannah and Ichabod.
(III) Ichabod, son of Thomas Cousins, spent his early life in Wells, but moved to Kennebunk in 1745. He was a soldier in the old French war, and died of smallpox con- tracted while in the army. He had a log house surrounded by flankers during the In- dian troubles on the coast. He married, July 26, 1714, Ruth Cole, of Kennebunk. Chil- dren: Catherine, Thomas, Ichabod, John, Benjamin, Samuel, Joseph, Ruth and Na- thaniel.
(IV) Ichabod (2), son of Ichabod (I) Cousins, was born in Wells, November 10, 1719. He was evidently a man who paid strict attention to his own affairs, held no public of- fice, and seems to have left no record.
(V) Ichabod (3) is said to have been a son of Ichabod (2) Cousins. He was born in Ken- nebunk, and settled in the plantation of Little Falls, now Hollis, about 1780, being one of the seven purchasers of the Dalton Right, so called, which tract bordered on the Saco river and extended from the northwestern boundary of a "twenty-rod strip" near the brick house of "Uncle David Martin." He cleared a field and built a barn on the rear end of his lot, but afterward lived on the Bonny Eagle road, near the burying ground. He married (first) Dolly Cole and by her had six children: Icha- bod (4), Sally, Mary, Priscilla, Hannah and Nathaniel. Married (second) September 15, 1808, Susanna (Deering), widow of Tobias Lord, and mother of Abigail Lord, who mar- ried Jeremiah Hobson (see Hobson V) : To- bias Lord, who married Adeline Hobson, sister of Jeremiah; Mary Lord, unmarried. She bore him three children: Dolly; Fanny, born January 3, 1810, married Thomas S. Hanson, of Buxton, who died in 1837, after which she married John, son of Jabez Sawyer ; Joseph, see forward.
(VI) Joseph, youngest child of Ichabod (3) Cousins, was born in Hollis, May 28, 1812, died at Steep Falls, May 5, 1893. He was a farmer and mechanic; a good citizen and a man of integrity who in his latter years became a member of the Free Baptist church. In politics he was a Whig until the Republi- can party was formed, of which he was a staunch adherent ever after. He married, in 1837, Deborah Sawyer ( see Sawyer VI). Of this union were born six children, only two of whom lived to reach maturity: I. Harriet N., born March 18, 1839, married, November 8, 1857, Charles J. F. Knapp, of Bridgton ; of the three children born to them the first two
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were twins, one of whom died in infancy, the other, James Knapp, married Harriet Chase, who bore to him a child, now deceased; Jo- seph Knapp, the youngest, married Florence Jones ; one child, Charles. 2. Stephen Hobson, see forward.
(VII) Stephen Hobson, son of Joseph Cousins, was born in Steep Falls, December 13, 1845. He was educated at Standish Acad- emy, the common schools of his native town and a school at Randolph, Massachusetts, where his sister, Harriet N. (Cousins) Knapp, then lived. In the carly '6os he went to Port- land, Maine, where he was in the employ of his cousin, John D. Lord, until he returned to Steep Falls in 1870 and built a store to deal in general merchandise. In 1871 he formed a partnership under the name of Cousins & Banks, with Samuel Banks, who came there from Island Pond, Vermont, and was the husband of Elizabeth, sister of Sam- uel D. Hobson and daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Sawyer, see Sawyer V) Hobson. They continued in general merchandise busi- ness-grain and lumber-until the death of Mr. Banks in 1886, when Mr. Cousins formed a partnership with Gideon M. Tucker (see Tucker VII), who was a well-known lumber- man. In 1892 they built a grist mill run by a gasoline engine, and in 1904 they formed a corporation with Stephen H. Cousins as man- ager, a position which he still fills. He is a Republican, interested in what is for the best interests of the community, but has ever de- clined to accept positions of political prefer- ment. He is prominent in the work of the Free Baptist denomination in this state, and is deacon of the church in his village. He be- longs to the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. He married, Septem- ber 12, 1869, Martha Alma Hobson (see Hob- son VIII). Children : 1. William L., see for- ward. 2. Harriette Knapp, born May 8, 1875, at Steep Falls, educated there and at Liming- ton Academy ; is unmarried ; makes her home with her parents, but spends much time at the home of her brother, Dr. Cousins, in Port- land.
(VIII) Dr. William Lewis Cousins, only son of Stephen Hobson Cousins, was born in Steep Falls, October 2, 1870. After attending the public schools of his native village, Frye- burg Academy, New Hampton College and Limington Academy, he spent a year at the Maine Medical School, and then matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from the medical department of that institu- tion in the class of 1894. During the remain-
der of 1894 and the year 1895 he was assist- ant resident surgeon of Johns Hopkins Hos- pital in Baltimore. In 1895 he settled in Port- land, Maine, where he became associated with Dr. Seth C. Gordon. In 1904 he established a private hospital, St. Barnabas, at the corner of Woodfords and Norwood streets, in the Deering district, which has become well and favorably known. He now makes the diseases of women a specialty and is meeting with gratifying success. He is also a surgeon of noteworthy attainments. For eight years he has been on the staff of the Maine General Hospital, four years as assistant and four years as surgeon. He has been for a long term of years consulting surgeon of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, and is instruc- tor in clinical surgery in the Maine Medical School, having been appointed in 1906. He is a member and has been president of the Cum- berland County Medical Association ; member of the Maine Medical Association, and chair- man of the National Legislative Committee of that body for Maine; member of the Cumber- land Club, Athletic Club, Portland Yacht Club and other clubs. In politics he is a Re- publican, and in 1907 was a member of the Republican city committee. In religious belief he is a Unitarian. Dr. Cousins married, Janu- ary 6, 1897, Maude McKenney, daughter of Charles and Hannah (Gordon) McKenney, granddaughter of Deacon Humphrey McKen- ney, of Limington, and niece of Dr. Seth C. Gordon, of Portland. She was born July 10, 1870, in Limington, and has borne him two sons : Seth Chase, born in Portland, November 2, 1897, and McKenney, born November 12, 1901, died the following day. These children were the ninth generation from John Cousins, the immigrant.
HOBSON The first Hobson ancestor of whom we are sure is Thomas, of Yorkshire, England, who had a son Henry, who married Jane Carr, whose home was at Neflete, near Whitgilt, in the south part of the West Riding of York- shire.
(I) William, son of Henry and Jane (Carr) Hobson, was a "merchant adventurer" of London, who fitted out and provided for the Plymouth Colony in New England. In 1652 he settled in Rowley, Massachusetts, where were born to him by his wife Ann, daughter of Humphrey and Mary Raynor, three sons: Humphrey, John and William. William Hobson, first of the name in this country, and Ann his wife, both died in 1694.
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(II) William (2), youngest son of William (1) Hobson, was born in 1659, and died in 1725. He married, in 1692, Sarah Jewett ; children : William, died young; Sarah, Mary, William, Martha, Caleb and Jeremiah.
(III) Jeremiah, fourth son and youngest child of William (2) Hobson, was born 1707, and died in 1741. Although dying young, a large measure of success enabled him to pos- sess a large estate to leave to his family. He married, 1729, Jane Dresser ; children : Will- iam, Ann, Elizabeth, Joseph and Sarah.
(IV) William (3), eldest child of Jeremiah Hobson, was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1730, and died in Buxton, where he was the oldest settler of the name, in 1827, aged ninety-seven years. He was a man of martial proclivities, and much engaged in war. In the French and Indian war he belonged to the First Cavalry Company of Rowley. He re- enlisted in 1759. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war, was wounded and taken prisoner at King's Bridge by the British and carried into New York City, where he re- mained a prisoner of war eleven months. He was afterwards at the surrender of Burgoyne, and had the pleasure of marching into Sara- toga at its evacuation. He married (first) Hannah Johnson, by whom he had two chil- dren: Jeremiah and Hannah. His first wife died in 1757. and he marriel (second) in 1759, Lydia Parsons. Their children were : William (died young), Joseph, Samuel, An- drew and Lydia. The second wife died and he married (third) Margaret, who died in Buxton. December, 1819.
(V) Joseph, second child of William (3) and Lydia (Parsons) Hobson, was born in Buxton, in 1762, and died December II, 1830. He married (first), in Buxton, January 3, 1788, Rebecca Sawyer (see Sawyer V), born July 15, 1765, who bore him ten children, nine of whom were: I. Joseph, married Mary Townsend. 2. Jabez, married Betsey Hancock ( see Hancock ). 3. Lydia, married James Marr. 4. Andrew, married (first) Adeline Marr, (second) Statia Hamblin, (third) Jane L. Heath. 5. Jeremiah, married (first) Abi- gail Lord. (second) Mrs. Olive Merrill. 6. Rebecca, died unmarried. 7. James, married (first) Climena Marsh, (second) Mrs. Sarah Canborn. 8. Joanna, married Archibald Smith. 9. Adeline, married Tobias Lord. Jo- seph Hobson married (second) Susanna (Deering Lord), widow of Ichabod Cousins (see Cousins V), who died in 1860.
(VI) Jabez, second son of Joseph and Re- becca (Sawyer) Hobson. was born September
4, 1790. He had much of the martial spirit of his ancestors, and was a captain in the mi- litia. He was a prosperous lumber man in Buxton when he married, in 1815, Betsey Hancock ( see Hancock V), who bore him ten children, of whom the following came to ma- turity : I. Sewell, see forward. 2. Rebecca, married Dr. James M. Buzzell; when thrown upon her own resources she took up the prac- tice of medicine, which she pursued success- fully for many years. She was in every re- spect a remarkable woman, and deserves a large place in the history of Gorham, Maine, where she lived for many years, dying in 1899. 3. Eliza, married Samuel Bangs. 4. Almeda, married Ivory Harmon. 5. Ellen, married Phineas I. Paine. 6. Jabez, married Eliza J. Smith. About the year 1834 Captain Jabez Hobson moved to Steep Falls, Maine, where he was the first independent lumber op- erator on the Saco river at that point, there having been previously a co-operative saw- mill there owned and operated by a number of the early settlers jointly; in fact, each man owned the privilege of operating the mill a stated number of days at a time.
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