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(II) Edward, son of Richard and Eliza- beth ( Beck) Estes, was born in Lynn, Massa- chusetts, February 20, 1703-04, and died in Royalsborough, now Durham, Maine, Febru- ary 13, 1788. In 1726 he was living in Scitu- ate, Massachusetts, and afterward of Hanover, Massachusetts, where he is called blacksmith
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and yeoman, and was there as late as 1748. In 1750 he was of North Yarmouth, now Harps- well, Maine. He married, August 27, 1730, Patience, daughter of John and Waite ( East- on) Carr, of Newport, Rhode Island, and widow of Joseph Peckham. She also was a granddaughter of Caleb Carr, who was gov- ernor of Rhode Island in 1695. Edward and Patience (Carr-Peckham) Estes had children : I. Elizabeth, born June I, 1731. 2. Waite, May 1, 1733. 3. Ann, May 14, 1735, died 1790. 4. Israel, August 27, 1737, died May 13, 1742. 5. John. August 13, 1739. 6. Ca -. leb, August 10, 1741, died 1744. 7. Mary, September 24, 1743. 8. Edward, November II, 1745. 9. Caleb, November 26, 1747. IO. Patience, September 15, 1748. II. Joseph, July 21, 1750. 12. Sarah, April 16, 1752.
(III) Caleb, son of Edward and Patience (Carr-Peckham) Estes, was born in Hanover, Massachusetts, November 26, 1747, and died II, 3 mo., 1822. He was a member of the So- ciety of Friends, and a farmer by principal occupation. He married (first) June 24, 1769, Lydia, daughter of John Bishop, whose own wife was an Estes. Lydia was born Au- gust 20, 1749, and died May 4, 1815. He married (second) October 17, 1816, Eunice (Nichols) Estes, widow of Joseph Estes, of Sandwich, New Hampshire. Caleb and Lydia (Bishop) Estes had children : I. Lydia, born May 8, 1770. 2. Sarah, March 4, 1772. 3. Simeon, February 17, 1774, died July 6, 1863. 4. Patience, born January 29, 1776; married James Estes. 5. Caleb, born April 6, 1778, died May 25, 1864. 6. Joseph, born May 9, 1780. 7. Israel, August 5, 1782, died March 25, 1875. 8. Thomas, August 20, 1784, died October 16, 1870. 9. John, October 19, 1786, died November 22, 1787. 10. Desire, October 15, 1788, died July 15, 1880. II. Mary, Feb- ruary 15, 1792, died February 22, 1865.
(IV) Joseph Estes, son of Caleb and Lydia ( Bishop) Estes, was born in Durham, Maine, May 9, 1780, and died November 16, 1851. He married, October 1, 1801, Mary Jones, born November 20, 1777, died May 23, 1850, daughter of Noah and Patience (Joy) Jones ; children : I. Patience, born July 22, 1802, died July 19, 1887. 2. Amaziah, born February 7, 1804; married Mary Coombs. 3. Eunice, born September 29, 1805. 4. Ephraim J., March 8, 1808, died April 15, 1828. 5. Bar-' zilla, born April 20, 1811. 6. Alvin, born July 18, 1813, died July 13, 1863; enlisted in Company A, Ninth Maine Volunteer Infantry. 7. Harriet, born March 24, 1816, died Decem- ber 15, 1825.
(V) Barzilla, son of Joseph and Mary (Jones) Estes, was born in China, Maine, April 20, 1811. He married (first) Emelea Johnson; married (second) November 4, 1842, Phebe Ann Coombs, born March 27, 1826, daughter of Joshua and Phebe ( Wither- ell) Coombs; children: I. Llewellyn Gerrish, born December 27, 1843. 2. Illdefonce Cleora, March 25, 1845; married Nathaniel Wilson, Jr., June, 1888. 3. Chelsea L., born Decem- ber 10, 1816 ; married (first) Cornelia Heaton, (second) Julia Hall. 4. Henry A., born Au- gust 15, 1848, died July 10, 1849. 5. Annie Maria, born October 10, 1854; married Octo- ber 9, 1878, Charles E. Bedlow, of Portland, Maine, born June 23. 1849. One child : Phoebe Estes Bedlow, born May 4, 1882.
(VI) General Llewellyn Gerrish Estes, eld- est child of Barzilla and Phebe Ann ( Coombs) Estes, was born December 27, 1843, and died February 21, 1905. He was but seventeen years old when he enlisted for service during the war of the rebellion, in which he made a most distinguished record, participating in one hundred and twenty-one battles and skir- mishes, receiving five wounds, and rising from non-commissioned grade to the rank of brevet brigadier-general. The following resume of his service is from the records of the War Department, and the official "Rebellion Rec- ords," in which he is fifteen times mentioned, with most commendatory words by his su- periors. He was mustered into service as first sergeant of the First Regiment Maine Cavalry, October 19, 1861 : promoted to first lieutenant March 24, 1862 ; to captain August 1, 1863 ; to captain and acting assistant adjutant general September 4, 1863 ; to major and acting assist- ant adjutant general February 2, 1865; bre- veted lieutenant-colonel and colonel March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign in Georgia and the Caro- linas," and on same day was breveted briga- dier-general for "faithful and meritorious services"; was awarded medal of honor Au- gust 28, 1894, "for having voluntarily led troops over a burning bridge at Flint River, Georgia, August 30, 1864"; honorably mus- tered out September 29, 1865, the war being ended, he then lacking three months of having attained his majority. He participated in the battles of Second Bull Run and Gettysburg. Early in May, 1863, prior to the last-named great battle, while bearing a message from General Kilpatrick to General Hooker, he and his escort of fourteen men were captured by Confederate troops and started to Richmond as a prisoner of war. The first night out, he
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and his men captured their guard, and con- veyed them (a lientenant and twelve men) into the Union lines as prisoners. The adju- tant-general of Maine refers to this achieve- ment as "a feat full of romance, and worthy of the best days of chivalry." General Estes was adjutant-general to General Kilpatrick al- most three years, and during Sherman's "March to the Sea," and the campaign of the Carolinas. In the vicinity of Milledgeville, Georgia, General Sherman dispatched Estes with two hundred cavalrymen to rescue Union prisoners confined at Millen. The enterprise was dangerous in the extreme, the enemy being in great force in that section. By de- tours and night marches covering about one hundred and twenty miles in the heart of the enemy's country, he reached within a few miles of Millen, to find that the prisoners had been removed farther south. He returned without losing a single man, and the exploit was pronounced remarkable by both Generals Sherman and Kilpatrick. He received his medal of honor for his distinguished gallantry at Flint River, Georgia, in 1864, for volun- tarily taking command of troops and making a gallant charge across a burning bridge upon the rear guard of the enemy, driving them from their barricades and extinguishing the fire, thereby securing water for the Union troops and enabling them to take advantageous position on the further bank. In referring to this feat, General O. O. Howard said that he regarded it "as one of the most gallant acts of our war." General Estes was in ad- vance of General Sherman's army at Savan- nah, and was the first man to communicate with the fleet after arriving at the coast at the conclusion of the notable "March to the Sea."
The "Rebellion Records" in fifteen places mention in most commendatory words his record as written by his superiors. General Thomas J. Jordan wrote of him: "To per- sonal bravery of the most chivalric kind he adds coolness of judgment and capacity to think while in the most trying and dangerous positions." General Smith D. Adkins said of him: "I knew him to be brave almost to a fault." General Kilpatrick wrote: "To Major Estes, my adjutant-general, I am greatly in- debted for my successes in the raid around Atlanta, and in the campaigns through Georgia and the Carolinas, and I cheerfully recom- mend him for promotion." In forwarding the recommendation, General Sherman added as his testimony : "This officer I recommend for great gallantry and skill in battle ;" and again,
as late as 1889, he said in a letter : "Even at this day I recall to memory this carnest and most gallant officer, and believe that the United States government should reward such men." To such commendation may be added the comment of the adjutant-general of the state of Maine, who in 1865 said: "The career of General Estes was indeed remarkable. In the short space of less than four years, through his own skill and bravery, without the aid of powerful political friends, he advanced from the position of private in the ranks to that of brevet brigadier-general before he reached the twenty-first year of his life." General Edward M. Hayes, U. S. A., who served with Estes in 1864 and 1865, said: "I regard Estes the best cavalry officer whom I ever knew." More recently President Roosevelt said to him personally: "General Estes, I would rather have your record than to be the Presi- dent of the United States." But space does not permit the presentation of the many com- mendatory reports and testimony of his super- iors. His record for gallantry in action and devotion to duty during four years of arduous service is amply attested by the official records and by the testimony of his contemporaries. General Estes was honored with elevation to high places in military organizations after the war. He served as chief of staff, Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Repub- lic; president of the Cavalry Association of Armies of the United States; vice-president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac; and at his demise was commander of the Medal of Honor Legion.
He married, August 30, 1866, Julia Whit- ing, born in New York City, December 28,. 1844, daughter of George and Mary (Roe) Whiting, of New York, and by whom he had two children: I. Julia Maude, born in New York City, November 15, 1868; married Rob- ert E. Parker, of Washington, D. C. 2. Llewellyn W .; see forward.
(VII) Llewellyn Whiting Estes, only son of General Llewellyn Gerrish and Julia (Whit- ing) Estes, was born in Edgecombe county, North Carolina, July 24, 1872. He was edu- cated at the military academy at Davis, Louisi- ana. After leaving school he became a planter, but in the course of a few years went to Wash- ington, D. C., and engaged in a general in- surance business. Still later he became in- terested in the manufacture of proprietary medicines, and now is sole proprietor of the Great American Herb Company, and Amer- ican Drug Company, with principal offices and place of business in Washington. Mr. Estes.
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is a communicant of St. Stephen's Church (Protestant Episcopal), Washington ; member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Medal of Honor Society, and in politics is a Republican. He married, April 24, 1895, Florence Andrews, and has one child, Marion Whiting Estes, born in Washington, June 10, 1898.
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SORTWELL well, Sautel, Sartwell and Saretil are the various spell- ings of the family of which Richard Sawtell, of Watertown, 1636, and of Groton, before
1655, is the forebear. Two brothers, Rich- ard and Thomas Sawtell, immigrant settlers of New England, came from England before 1636, and Thomas settled in the town of Bos- ton and Richard in Watertown. Thomas died in Boston, 1651, and left no male heir.
(I) Richard Sawtell was made a freeman of Watertown, "The town upon Charles river," five years after its establishment by the general court of Massachusetts Bay, Sep- tember 7, 1630. At that time Watertown in- cluded a much larger area than is now repre- sented by that name. It was a town which for many years ranked with Plymouth and Charlestown and Salem as one of the principal seats of influence of those inighty men of re- nown of the formative days of New England and its close neighborhood with Harvard Col- lege made it a centre whither the strong men of the period resorted and whence went forth influences which affected all the American colonies. Richard Sawtell was a leader there as early as 1637, at the time that Cromwell, Vane and Hampden were engaged in those struggles which proved the birth pangs of English constitutional liberty. After Water- town had been firmly established, the call came for those who had been foundation layers and master builders of the new community to again lay new foundations on what was then the frontier of civilization, and among them was Richard Sawtell, who was a natural leader and moved to the front in whatever commun- ity he lived. The new settlement was named Groton, and it afforded the background and environment which was appropriate to such noteworthy schools as the old Lawrence Acad- emy and the present St. Paul's school. Rich- ard Sawtell became a proprietor of Groton, formed out of the Plantation of Patapawag, and removed his family to that town as soon as suitable homes had been provided. He served as its first town clerk. All through those terrible days of the Indian massacres
which made the name Groton one to kindle terror even in those days of blood, Richard Sawtell remained at his place and counted the place of danger the place of honor. In ex- treme old age he returned to his old home in Watertown and died there August 21, 1694. His life almost exactly spanned the period of the struggle for liberty, commencing just as the struggle became acute and terminating just as victory was permanently assured. His wife Elizabeth died October 18, 1694. If, as seems probable, she was mother of Richard's children, she was probably daughter of Thom- as Post, of Cambridge, who died in 1691, leav- ing a will in which he bequeathed to his "grandson John Sawtell," and others. Rich- ard, by will, gave to his wife Elizabeth, for life, his lands in Groton and Watertown, his son Obadiah to improve the lands in Groton, and his son Enoch to do the same with lands in Watertown, and each to have the lands he improved on the death of their mother. These two sons were to pay something to the testa- tors' daughters, Bethia Sawtell, Hannah Winn and Ruth Hues, and his son John Sawtell. The son Jonathan was provided for already. Children : I. Elizabeth, born May 1. 1638. 2. Jonathan, August 24, 1639, died January 6, 1690-91 ; married, July 3, 1665, Mary
who bore him six children. 3. Mary, Novem- ber 19, 1640, married a Mr. Starling, or Ster- ling. 4. Hannah, December 10, 1642, married Increase Winn. 5. Zachariah, July 26, 1643- 44, married (first) Elizabeth Parker, of Gro- ton, by whom he had two children, Anna and Zachariah; (second) Mary -, by whom he had three children, Edward, Nathaniel and Mary. 6. Bethia, 1646, married John Green. 7. Obadiah, 1648, mentioned below. 8. Enoch, married Susanna Randall, who bore him five children ; he was a weaver in Watertown. 9. John, mentioned in his father's will. 10. Ruth, married, March 9, 1676-77, John Hewes, or Hues.
(II) Obadiah, son of Richard Sawtell, born in Watertown, 1648, resided and died in Gro- ton, March 20, 1740. He was a soldier in the Indian wars carried on by King Philip, 1675- 76, and he was driven from his home with the other families of the town. Among the names of soldiers from Groton in these In- dian wars were found: Abel. David, David Jr., Ephraim, Hezekiah, Jonathan, Joseph, Jo- siah, Moses, Nathaniel, Obadiah, Richard, Samuel and Zachariah Sawtell, and according to the spelling of the name they were appar- ently of the same family as Richard the immi- grant. He married, in Groton, Hannah Law-
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rence, born March 24, 1661-62, daughter of George Lawrence, of Watertown ; she was liv- ing September 29, 1726. Children: 1. Na- thaniel, born about 1681. 2. Elnathan, March 27, 1683. 3. Ephraim, about 1685. 4. Josiah, August 14, 1687. 5. Hepsibah, married, prob- ably at Concord, August 24, 1706, Thomas Foster, of Billerica. 6. Zachariah. 7. Han- nah, June 8, 1695, married Stephen Holden. 8. Abigail, March 13, 1697, married Joseph Parker. 9. Mary, about 1699, married Ben- jamin Parker. 10. Obadiah, March 18, 1701, mentioned below. II. Hezekiah, March 2, 1703.
(III) Obadiah (2), son of Obadiah (I) Sawtell, was born March 18, 1701. He was a worthy descendant of his pioneer ancestor, for in 1740 he went to the new township, Charlestown, on the Connecticut river, just the kind of situation most exposed to sudden ap- pearances of Canadian Indians, and the part of the town which was associated with the Sawtells and which still bears their name was an island in the river. He was captured by the Indians in 1746, was later released, prob- ably through a ransom, but after his release returned to the same place and was shot by the savages while at work in the field in 1749. He married, November 16, 1721, Rachel Parker, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Lakin) Parker. Children: I. Simon, born November 14, 1722, mentioned below. 2. Lois, July 4, 1724, married Micah Fuller, and settled in Charlestown. 3. Esther, March 9, 1725-26, married John Johnson. 4. Nathaniel, February 12, 1729, probably married Hannah Gunn. 5. Rachel, June 9, 1731, married Adonijah Taylor. 6. Solomon, October 10, 1737
(IV) Simon, son of Obadiah (2) Sawtell, was born in Groton, Massachusetts, November 14, 1722. He removed to Charlestown, New Hampshire, in 1746, where he was constable for 1762-63, selectman 1767-68, a prominent citizen, a good neighbor and influential man. He married Hannah Children, born in Charlestown: I. Obadiah, November 8, 1746, married Elizabeth , who bore him seven children. 2. Simon Jr., June 25, 1749, was lieutenant of the First New Hampshire Regiment, commanded by Colonel Joseph Cil- ley, of Nottingham, and later was promoted to the rank of captain, serving in that capacity at West Point, New York, in 1780; was select- man of Charlestown in 1786-87; died there May 30, 1791 ; married Dolly - ; chil- dren : Asa, December 13, 1781 : Cynthia, Oc- tober 27, 1784; Fanny, December II, 1786;
Clarissa, February 3, 1788; Lucy, March 30, 1790. 3. Electa, January 2, 1752. 4. John, May 2, 1754, mentioned below. 5. Hannah, August 26, 1756, died young. 6. Hannah, August 2, 1757, died young. 7. Hannah, De- cember 21, 1760. 8. Rhoda, May 2, 1764. 9. Esther, September 29, 1767.
(V) John Sartwell, son of Simon Sawtell, was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, May 2, 1754. Hle resided in Charlestown and Langdon, New Hampshire. He served in the revolutionary war, being a private in the regi- ment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Bel- lows Jr., of Claremont, and was present in the engagement at Ticonderoga. He married Elizabeth Gleason; children, born in Charles- town : I. Polly, January 20, 1777. 2. Betsey, March 16, 1779. 3. Esther, April 12, 1781. 4. John, April 29, 1783, mentioned below. Born in Langdon: 5. Eliab, April 18, 1785. 6. Warren, April 19, 1787. 7. Royal, July 14, 1789. 8. Simon, March 14, 1791. 9. Almony, May 10, 1793. 10. Hannah, July 9, 1795. II. Harriet, November 1, 1797. 12. Electa, March 29, 1800.
(VI) John (2), son of John (1) Sartwell, was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, April 29, 1783. In later life he moved to Glover and Barton, Vermont, where in a short time his name was changed from Sartwell to Sortwell. He married (first) March 27, 1808, Emma Crosby, who died May 31, 1818. Children : 1. Maria, born November 10, 1810, died May 30, 1814. 2. John Jr., November 9, 1814, died March 25, 1824. He married (second) October 10, 1819, Percy (Robinson) Merriam, born March 31, 1790, died June 22, 1879, daughter of Jonathan Robinson, who was a private soldier in the company com- manded by Captain White in the Fifth Massa- chusetts Regiment, Colonel Rufus Putnam, army of General Gates, in the campaign which culminated in the surrender of General Bur- goyne and his whole army at Saratoga, Octo- ber 17, 1777, and under Colonel Vose of the First Massachusetts Regiment, November 3, 1783, when the continental army disbanded. Children of second marriage: I. Daniel Rob- inson, born July 10, 1820, mentioned below. 2. Fanny Maria, April 1, 1822, died October 9, 1894. 3. Paschal, November 8, 1824, died March 7, 1908. 4. Emma, January 1, 1827, died January 10, 1836. 5. John Owen, Feb- ruary 27, 1829, died March 20, 1901. 6. Lubin, March 20, 1832, died February 15, 1834. 7. Charles, August 16, 1834, died Au- gust 20, 1889.
(VII) Daniel Robinson, son of John (2)
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Sortwell, was born in Barton, Vermont, July IO, 1820. died in Montpelier, Vermont, Octo- ber 4, 1894. When he was eighteen years of age he removed from his native town to Bos- ton, where he found his first employment in that city in Faneuil Hall market, and subse- quently became the senior partner of the firm of Sortwell & Company, distillers. He be- came a prominent business man and was made president of the Montpelier & Wells River railroad ; was a member for five years of the board of aldermen of the city of Cambridge ; president of the Cambridge National Bank ; vice-president of the East Cambridge Savings Bank: a member of the Universalist church; a Democrat in national politics. He married, May 19, 1850, in Boston, Sophia Augusta Foye, born July 14, 1820, in Wiscasset, Maine, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 26, 1890, daughter of Moses and Sophia Au- gusta (Jones) Foye. Moses Fove was born July 31, 1768. died May 30. 1850. He was a son of Robert Fove Jr., who was a son of Robert Foye, born in Kittery, Maine. August 26. 1691, who in turn was a son of James Foye, who came from Charlestown. Massachu- setts Bay Colony, to Kittery and Scarboro, District of Maine, before 1690. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Sortwell: 1. Frances Augusta, born in Boston, 1851, died 1857. 2. Alvin Foye, mentioned below.
(VIII) Alvin Foye, only son of Daniel Robinson Sortwell, was born in Boston, Mas- sachusetts. July 21, 1854. He was prepared for business life at the Chauncy Hall school, Boston, graduating there in 1869, and at Phillips Academy, Andover, where he was graduated with the class of 1871. Two years later he became a member of the firm of Sort- well & Company, of which his father was senior partner, and he held the position at the time of its dissolution in 1890. He is a Re- publican and served as a member of the Cam- bridge common council, 1879-85-89. being the president of the body in 1889. He was a member of the board of aldermen of the city, 1889-90. and was president of the board in 1890. He was mayor of Cambridge, 1897-98, and gave to the city an excellent adminis- tration of its laws. He succeeded his father as president of the Montpelier & Wells River Railroad Company, as president of the Cam- bridge National Bank, and as trustee of the East Cambridge Savings Bank in 1894, and became president of the Colonial Mining Com- pany in 1892. His fraternal affiliation is with the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, Blue Lodge, chapter and command-
ery. His club affiliations include the Alonquin, Boston, the Country of Brookline, the Oakley Country of Watertown, Eastern Yacht, Mar- blehead Yacht, Camden Maine Yacht. Apollo, of Montpelier, Vermont, and the Colonial, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. His religious af- filiation is with the Unitarian denomination. He married, December 31, 1879, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gertrude Winship, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gertrude Winship, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 8, 1856, daughter of William and Mary Eliza- beth (Winship) Dailey. Her father was a member of the Cambridge common council and a member of the National Lancers, of Bos- ton. Children of William and Mary E. (Win- ship) Dailey are: Charles W., Clara Anna, Gertrude Winship and Frank F. Children of Alvin Foye and Gertrude W. (Dailey) Sort- well, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts : I. Clara, November 28, 1882, married, Decem- ber 31, 1906, Parker Endicott Marean. 2. Frances Augusta, February 29, 1884, educated at McDuffie school, of Springfield, Massachu- setts. 3. Daniel Richard, September 17, 1885, prepared for college at St. Paul's school, Con- cord, New Hampshire, and graduated at Har- vard, class of 1907. 4. Marion. June 21, 1887, educated at Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. 5. Edward Carter, March 25, 1889, prepared for college at St. Paul's school, Concord, and matriculated at Harvard, class of 1911. 6. Alvin Foye Jr., May 6, 1891, preparing for college at St. Paul's school, Concord.
PULLEN The family name appears in Maine history as early as 1765, when members of the family settled in Winthrop, having removed from Massachusetts.
(I) Thomas Stanley Pullen was born in the year 1802 and died in 1865. He resided for some time in Monson. where he was en- gaged in trade, from whence he removed to Guilford, where he had a fine farm and re- mained until 1845, when he removed to Dover, the shire town of Piscataquis county. There he filled the offices of sheriff, state senator and judge of probate, which latter position he held at the time of his death. In 1864 he removed to Foxcroft. He was a leading man of his day, possessing wealth and influence, was of high standing in his town and his advice and counsel. were sought by his fellow townsmen. He was a Whig, Abo- litionist and Republican in politics. He mar- ried Harriet, born in 1814. daughter of Isaac
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