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(V) William, eldest son of William and Martha ( Spooner) Goding, was born October 29. 1736, and spent his early life in Water- town. After his marriage he lived in Cam- bridge, where his first two children were born. In 1765 he became a resident of Newton, Massachusetts. He enlisted at Boston in the French and Indian war, November 28, 1755, and served until May 29, 1756, as a member of Captain Thomas Cheever's company, from Watertown. During the revolutionary war he was in Captain Joshua Reed's company, Colo- nel Varnum's regiment, in 1775, and a few years later served in Rhode Island, in Captain Stephen Frost's company, Colonel How's regi- ment. He married, April 20, 1761, Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Mercy (Grant) Stearns. Their children were: I. William. 2. Sarah, born June 13, 1763; married Seth I. Brown. 3. Rebecca, born October 14, 1764; married Asa Moore. 4. Mercy, born July 14, 1766, died in infancy. 5. Mercy, born Octo- ber 14, 1768; married Rev. Joseph Adams, of Waltham. 6. Anna, born August 2, 1770, died of consumption in youth. 7. Henry, born September 10, 1772; married Eunice Shepard.
(VI) William, eldest son of William and Sarah (Stearns) Goding, was born December 27, 1761, and died June 15, 1848. In his youth he was apprenticed to a weaver of cloth who had a hand loom in his house. but this trade was distasteful to him, and as his mother lived near Harvard College and let rooms to students, he had an opportunity to associate with those who were gaining a higher edu- cation, and devoted his evenings to study with such application that he acquired a good edu- cation by his own efforts. He was gifted with a marvelous memory, and was able to memor- ize nearly the entire Bible. Until he reached the age of twenty-five he worked for various retail merchants. He then removed to Jay, Maine, where he built the first log house. He became a member of the Baptist church at North Livermore, Maine, in 1793. Having a natural gift for the ministry, and being much . interested in religious work, he was ordained in 1802 as an evangelist, and served for four
years as pastor of the Baptist church in Wayne, Maine. He then accepted a call from the church at Acton, where he devoted twenty years of his life to self-sacrificing labor. In person he was a large man. an enthusiastic speaker, and since he exemplified in his own life what he preached, he won many converts to the faith he advocated. His later years were spent at Shapleigh, Maine. He married Hannah, daughter of John Walker, of Liver- more, Maine, who died February 13, 1846. Their children, all born in Livermore, were: I. Rebecca, born February 26, 1788, died March 20, 1854, unmarried. 2. Luther. 3. Hannah Walker, born November 8, 1793 ; mar- ried Rev. Atherton Clark. 4. Polly, born April 4, 1795, died in youth. 5. Sarah Pike, born May 14, 1797; married Elijah Morse.
(VII) Luther, eldest son of William and Hannah (Walker) Goding, was born Decem- ber 16, 1791, and died January 13, 1880. He received his early education in the schools of his native town. After the family removed to Acton, Maine, he became a successful vet- erinary surgeon, and gradually entered into public life as a town officer. He served as tax collector and as deputy sheriff for several years. Holding the commission of justice of the peace, and occupying several positions of trust, he gave much time to the administration of estates, and was a valued adviser at ses- sions of the probate court. He represented his town in the state legislature of 1861; and during the civil war was actively devoted to the interests of soldiers' families, many of whom have reason to hold him in grateful remembrance. He married, February 18, 1816, Abigail Hubbard; children : I. Hannah Walk- er, born December 30, 1816; married Thomas G. Jamieson. 2. William, born February 2, 1820; married Clara A. Morse. 3. Abigail Hubbard, born February 23, 1822, died un- married. 4. Luther Martin, born February 21, 1824; married Draxey Brackett. 5. John Walker, born September 19, 1827; married Elizabeth A. Ranlet. 6. Sarah Hubbard, born April 15, 1830; married George Gilman. 7. Richard Hubbard. 8. Mary Elizabeth, born August 21, 1839; married George Clough.
(VIII) Richard Hubbard, fourth and youngest son of Luther and Abigail (Hub- bard) Goding, was born May 25, 1832, at Acton, where his youth was spent. Here, on reaching his majority, he held several town offices, but was chiefly engaged in farming. In 1864 he was elected sheriff of York county, and by successive re-elections served for six years. His duties led him to remove to Al-
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fred, the shire town, where in 1871 he was chairman of the selectmen, and in 1872 repre- sented the town in the state legislature. The same year he opened the Alfred House as a public hotel, and conducted it till his death, August 20, 1879. The last two years of his life he was county treasurer. In his official positions he gained the respect of those asso- ciated with him; while as a private citizen his practical common sense and his kindly disposition won him many firm friends and caused his early death to be deeply regretted throughout the county. He married, January 2, 1861, Dorcas J. Brackett. Their children were: I. Sarah Elizabeth, who has been for several years assistant librarian of the Phila- delphia Free Library, and has served as vice- president of the State Library Association. 2. Richard William, a graduate of Bowdoin College, with highest honors in 1888, of the Boston University Law School in 1890, and whose brilliant career as a lawyer was cut short by his death from tuberculosis at Denver, Colorado, May 5, 1896. 3. Edward Nathan. 4. Mary Abbie, who is children's librarian at the Philadelphia Free Library. 5. Alfred Luther, born September 6, 1874: married, Au- gust 14, 1891, Emma Whitten, and is en- gaged in farming at Alfred, Maine.
(IX) Edward Nathan, second son of Rich- ard Hubbard and Dorcas J. (Brackett) God- ing. was born November 4, 1870, at Alfred, Maine, where he received his early education in the public schools, completing his prepara- tion for college at the Coburn Classical In- stitute at Waterville, Maine. He then entered Bowdoin College. where he graduated with honor in 1891. He at once began the study of law at Harvard University, and was ad- mitted to the Suffolk county bar in 1894. Set- tling in Boston, by close attention to his chosen profession he has won for himself a lucrative practice, and by his personal qualities the friendship and esteem of a large circle of friends both within and without the legal fra- ternity.
The surname Viles is identical VILES with Vilas, and belongs to an old English family of Norman origin. The name is spelled also Villiers, Vilars, Vil- lars, Villas, Vilos. The surname Viall, or Vyall, was spelled with similar variations in the early records in New England, and ap- pears to be the same or a kindred name. John Viall was born in England in 1619 and died February 26, 1685-86: settled in Boston early, and had many descendants there. Peter Viles,
or Vilas, born in England, February 24, 1704, settled in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and the adjacent town of Grafton, where his son Noah lived ; married Mercy Gay, born February 17, 1697, died May 15, 1770, daughter of John and Mary Gay; he was ancestor of most of the family spelling their name Vilas. It should be said, however, that a Peter Villars married at Boston, March 25, 1709, Hannah Colman- a record evidently not known to the writer of this branch of the family genealogy. Joseph Viles, of Boston, married, May 2, 1728, Sarah Wales. (Intention reads Joseph, marriage record John.) John Viles, of Waltham, mar- ried, July 2, 1731, Susanna Bemis, who died November 28, 1785 : he died February 4, 1774 ; had thirteen children. ( Sce Bond's "History of Watertown.") It is quite possible that Peter of Boston was the father of Peter, John and Joseph. These are the first mentioned of this very unusual name, all in the same town or locality. In the revolution we find Joseph Viles. a private in Captain Micah Chase's company, Colonel Jonathan Holman's regiment, credited to Sutton, but we find no further trace of such a man in Sutton, and conclude that he is the same Joseph who was from Boston in 1779. in Captain Samuel Hamant's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment. Joseph Villars, of Boston, was also in Captain Thomas Cartwright's company, Colonel Henry Jackson's company, in 1778, and in the Continental army from 1777-80. He must have been related closely to the family given below.
(I) Joseph Viles. ancestor of this family, was in Milton, New Hampshire, before 1766, when he removed to Orland. Maine, being the third settler in that town. The first was Jo- seph Green, of Fort Pownal. Maine, in 1764; the second was Ebenezer Gross, of Boston, 1765, and Viles may have known them in Boston.
(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) Viles, was born at Orland. Maine, in 1770. He was an early settler in that part of New Vineyard set off to Industry in 1844. He married Sarah, daughter of John Hancock, and a descendant of the pioneer, Nathan Hancock. Sarah was born in Castine, Maine, about 1772 ; her father was a Free Mason, and it is related that in the revolution, during the block- ade, he was able to procure all the tea and sugar he wanted from the British officers who were also Free Masons. The Viles family removed from Orland as early as 1811, and settled on lot 2, range 3, New Vineyard. Viles died at Anson, July 12, 1848, aged seventy-
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eight; his wife at New Portland, May 5, 1859, aged eighty-seven. Children : I. Rufus,
born July 20, 1790; mentioned below. 2. Jo- seph, born about 1792 : married Heald,
of Anson, died in Wisconsin. 3. Leonard, born May 3, 1795 ; married Anna, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Gott) Bray, of Anson. 4. Sarah, born March 7, 1802; married, Deceni- ber 27, 1825, Judah Baker, son of Abiel. 5. Fisher, born July 27, 1804; married Hannah, daughter of Rowland and Eunice ( Mason) Luce. 6. Alfred, born October 2, 1817; mar- ried Thankful. daughter of Abner and Han- nah Norton; died in Wisconsin. 7. Went- worth, married Judith Bray. 8. Naomi, mar- ried March 20, 1823, Elijah, son of Henry and Mehitable (Norton) Butler ; died in Wiscon- sin. 9. George, married Elvira Wing, of Dead River plantation ; died in Wisconsin. IO.
Frances L., married Leander Perkins, in 1834. II. John Hancock, born at New Vineyard, December 10, 1818; married, October 31, 1843, Mercy Edmunds, daughter of Peter A. and Susan ( Butler ) West.
(III) Captain Rufus, son of Joseph (2) Viles, was born at Orland, July 20, 1790, and died at New Portland, November 28, 1873. He married, September 10, 1815, Eunice Chase, daughter of Asa and Sally (Bartlett) Merry. His wife died at Industry, Maine, August 1, 1828, and he married (second) March 22, 1829, Sarah Ann Stanley, niece of Deacon Ira Emery's wife, with whom she lived, born September 29, 1811, died at New Portland, February 15, 1864. Captain Viles lived at Industry, and followed farming with- out success. He removed to Flagstaff, Maine, in 1832, and began lumbering: he became prosperous, acquiring a comfortable compe- tence. He was gifted musically, and for many years taught vocal music to large classes in Industry. He was captain of his militia com- pany. He removed to New Portland in 1852, and continued in the lumbering business the remainder of his life in that town. He was first an old line Whig and later a Republican, a member and deacon of the Congregational church. Children of first wife: I. Rufus, born July 24, 1816, married Ann Marshall. 2. Asa Merry, born June 8, 1818, married Eliza, daughter of William and Sarah (Rem- ick) Butler; resided in Madison, Maine. 3. Caroline B., born at Industry, April 21, 1820, married William Douglass. 4. Sarah Merry, born March 1, 1822, married Isaiah Jenkins. 5. Joseph, born July 1I, 1823, married Lucille Rogers. daughter of Orran and Abigail (Clapp) Hewitt. 6. Emily J., born April 25,
1825, married Thereon Lane. 7. Eunice Merry, born August 5, 1828, died October, 1828. Children of second wife, born at In- dustry : 8. Hannah S., February 6, 1830, died at Flagstaff, May 30, 1848. 9. Eunice Merry, June 4, 1832, married Samuel F. Cutts. Chil- dren of second wife, born at Flagstaff : 10. Apphia Stanley, May 20, 1834, married John Smith. II. Mary D., October 1, 1835, mar- ried Gustavus B. Dorn. 12. Sarah A., June 16, 1838, married Frank S. Brown. 13. Ed- ward Payson, May 4, 1842, mentioned below. 14. Edward, July 10, 1846, died August 21, J846. 15. Emma R .. twin of Edward, born July 10, 1846, married Frank Luce, son of Solomon Jr. and Minerva (Pratt) Luce, of New Vineyard. 16. Hannah S., August 5, 1848. died unmarried, September 10, 1879. 17. Julian Kossuth, March 5, 1852, married Frances C. C. Cross.
(IV) Edward Payson, son of Rufus Viles, was born May 4, 1842, in Flagstaff, Maine. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and of New Portland. He was then in partnership with his brother, Julian Kossuth, in the stove, hardware and tinware business in New Portland for. about ten years. At the expiration of that period he purchased the interest of his partner and has since con- tinued the business alone. He is also exten- sively engaged in lumbering. He was post- master of New Portland twelve years, deputy sheriff six years, and high sheriff of Somerset county six years, displaying signal ability and efficiency in his duties. In politics he is a Republican. He left New Portland in 1893, and since then has resided in Skowhegan, Maine, engaged in lumbering in that section. He is a director of the Dead River & North Branch Log Driving Company, an office he has held for twenty-five years. He is an at- tendant of the Congregational church; mem- ber of Northern Star Lodge. Free and Ac- cepted Masons : Royal Arch Masons: De Mo- lay Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar ; Kora Temple, Mystic Shrine, Lewiston. He married, May 21, 1876, Ada A. Spooner, born at New Portland, September 22, 1847, daugh- ter of Lamont and Caroline (Cragin) Spooner.
(V) Blaine S., son of Edward Payson Viles, was born at New Portland, Maine, July 22, 1879. He was educated at New Portland, Skowhegan, Bowdoin College, class of 1903, and Yale School of Forestry, 1904. He is a professor of forestry, and engaged in the United States government service. He is connected with Corbin Park. of New Hamp- shire, and John Appleton, of Bangor, Maine,
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and is also associated with his father in the lumber business. In politics he is a Republi- can. He is a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Mt. Ver- non Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Sullivan Commandery, Knights Templar: Mystic Shrine, Concord, New Hampshire. He mar- ried, June 3, 1904, Annie Ethel Johnson, of Hallowell, Maine, born in Lynn, Massachu- setts, October 9, 1878, daughter of William C. and Annie . (Capp) Johnson. Children, born in Newport, New Hampshire: 1. Doro- thy, May 28, 1905. 2. William Payson, July 16, 1906.
WIGGIN The frequent appearance of this name in the records of Rocking- ham county, New Hampshire, indicates that it was borne by important and useful citizens, but the meagreness of those records renders it very difficult to follow any line of descent with certainty or satisfaction. The following, however, can be relied upon as accurate, a record of the careers of worthy people.
(I) Captain Thomas Wiggin came from Shrewsbury, England, and settled in New Hampshire in 1630. He had a large grant of land which lay outside of any organized territory, and was known as Squamscott, an Indian name. From 1656 to 1692 he paid taxes in Hampton, and was regarded as at- tached to that town. The territory is now a part of Stratham, and the records of this town show that a large portion of the inhabitants bore the name down to a very recent date. In 1631 he was appointed agent and superin- tendent of the Dover plantation. Whether or not he came over with Winthrop has not been definitely determined, but he was very inti- mate with the Massachusetts Bay Governor, who wrote in the highest terms of his ability and worth. That Wiggin was considered a man of more than ordinary account is evi- denced by the fact that he was placed in charge of the Upper Plantation (so called), which embraced Diver, Durham and Strat- ham, with a portion of Newington and Green- land. In the records he is referred to as governor, and evidently exercised the full power of a colonial chief magistrate. In 1632 he was sent to England in the interests of the colony, and "did much to avert the evils that threatened it from the enmity of Gorges and Mason." Upon his return he was accom- panied by several families, including people of some account, and, as another record adds, others "of no account." He retained his office
until 1636, when he was succeeded by George Burdette, but for a number of years after- wards he was closely identified with the public affairs of the colony, and upon its union with Massachusetts he was appointed a magistrate. In 1645 he was deputy to the general court from Dover, and from 1650 to 1664 was one of the assistants to the governor of Massa- chusetts, being the only one from New Hamp- shire. His death occurred about 1667. The Christian name of his wife was Catherine, and it was supposed that he married her in Eng- land. during his visit there in 1632-33. They had children baptized September 26, 1641, under the names of Andrew, Mary and Thomas. Descendants of Governor Wiggin are quite numerous in New Hampshire, as well as in the other New England states, and not a few of them possess to a more or less degree the strong characteristics of their sturdy Puritan ancestors.
(II) Andrew, elder son of Governor Thomas and Catherine Wiggin, was born about 1635. At the time of his marriage his parents gave him a deed of "all our land called or known by the name of Quamscott, being three miles square or thereabouts," in the neighborhood of Exeter, this state. An- drew does not appear to have been much in public life ; in fact, the most interesting thing about his career was his marriage, which took place about the year 1659, to Hannah, daugh- ter of Governor Simon Bradstreet, of And- over, Massachusetts. Her mother was Ann Dudley, daughter of Governor Thomas Dud- ley, who was celebrated for her accomplish- ments and practical gifts. A small volume of her verse was published, probably one of the first offerings to the mass, issued in this coun- try. The deed of the tract of land called "Quamscott" was given to the newly married couple by Governor Wiggin and his wife, June 4, 1663. Andrew and Hannah ( Brad- street) Wiggin had nine children: Thomas, Simon, Andrew. Jonathan, Bradstreet, men- tioned below; Abigail, Mary, Dorothy, Sarah, and another daughter whose Christian name is unknown, but who became the wife of Sam- uel Wentworth. Andrew Wiggin died in 1710, at the age of seventy-five, and his wife died about three years earlier.
(III) Bradstreet, fifth son of Andrew and Hannah (Bradstreet) Wiggin, was born in 1676, in Squamscott, and resided in that dis- trict. He married, in Hampton, August 25, 1697, Ann Chase, born January 9, 1678, in Hampton, daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Partridge) Chase, and granddaughter of
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Thomas and Elizabeth ( Philbrick) Chase, of Hampton. Their eldest child was born at Exeter, and all are recorded at Hampton, namely: Chase, Thomas. Elizabeth and Jo- seplı.
(IV) Thomas, second son of Bradstreet and Ann (Chase) Wiggin, was born about 1698, in Stratham, New Hampshire, and mar- ried, December 17, 1719, Sarah Piper, of the same town.
(V) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) and Sarah (Piper) Wiggin, was born September 13, 1720. in Stratham. No record of his mar- riage or children can be found.
(VI) Thomas (3) Wiggin was a soldier in the revolution, and died a comparatively young man, of small pox, in 1776, at Fort George. New York.
(VII) Thomas (4) Wiggin, born Novem- ber 6, 1774. in Stratham, married Sally Jew- ett. of the same town, who was born April 12. 1770. Their children, recorded in Stratham, were : Samuel. Shepherd, Susan, and Jewett, born 1815. About this time he removed to Maine and settled in the town of Brooks, Knox county.
(VIII) Samuel S .. son of Thomas (4) and Sally (Jewett) Wiggin, was born October 23, 1809, and was a small child when the family removed to Maine. He was a shoemaker by trade, and settled when a young man at South Thomaston, Maine, where he died May 15, 1860. He married May 23, 1841, Mary Eliza- beth Dean, born September 17, 1823, daugh- ter of Ephraim and Lucy (McLoon) Dean, of Thomaston. Their children were: Charles MI., mentioned below : Abby M., Ruth A., and Henry. The other daughter became the wife of Andrew Stover, and lived at South Thoni- aston.
(IX) Charles M., eldest child of Samuel S. and Mary E. (Dean) Wiggin, was born in Thomaston, Maine, May 14, 1842; died 1896. He was educated in the public schools. He followed the sea for seven years. He then conducted a general store in South Thomaston and Frankfort, Maine. After he retired from business he lived in Rockland, Maine. He was a Republican in politics, and a leader of his party ; was town clerk, selectman, and elected to various other offices of trust and honor. He married (first) October II, 1863, Jo- sephine B., daughter of John Allen; (second) Alvira Stanton, born in South Thomaston, in 1854. Children of first wife: I. Fred. 2. Charles. 3. Ada. Children of second wife : 4. George. 5. Florence. 6. Chester McLean, mentioned below.
(X) Dr. Chester McLean Wiggin, son of Charles M. Wiggin, was born in South Thom- aston, Maine, July 15, 1882. He attended the public schools of his native town, the Rock- land Commercial College and Bowdoin Col- lege. He studied for his profession in the University of Vermont, in the Medical De- partment, graduating with the degree of M. D. in 1906, and took a special course at Harvard Medical School afterward. Since 1906 he has practiced medicine at Stonington, Maine. He is a member of the Vermont Medical Asso- ciation. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of King Arthur Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Stonington. He married, October 20, 1907, Frances Starkey, daughter of New- man Starkey, of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
HANCOCK Several persons of this name settled in Massachusetts in early colonial days, and from them sprang some of the most distinguished men of Massachusetts. Nathaniel Hancock, one of the "first company," was in Cambridge as early as 1634, and resided on the easterly side of Dunster street, between Harvard and Mount Auburn streets. He died in early life, · about 1648, and his widow Joanna was ap- pointed fifteen years afterward, in 1663, ad- ministratrix of his estate. Their children were: Mary, Sarah, Nathaniel, John, Eliza- beth and Lydia.
Nathaniel (2), third child and only son of Nathaniel (I) and Joanna Hancock who reached mature age, was born December 18, 1638, died April 12, 1719. He was a shoe- maker and inherited the homestead. He was one of the town drummers, and in 1685 re- covered judgment for eight pounds against the selectmen for drumming, and for the main- tenance of drums for sundry years past. He was admitted to the church May 31, 1667 (at which time he was baptized), and elected dea- con June 7, 1705. He married (first) March 8, 1664, Mary, daughter of Henry Prentice and (second) December 27, 1699, Sarah Green, who survived him and probably mar- ried John Cooper, June 21, 1720. From Na- thaniel (2) Hancock are descended the fam- ily under consideration in this article. His children, all by first wife, were: Nathaniel, died young ; Mary, Sarah, Nathaniel, Abigail. died young; John, Samuel, Abigail, Eliza- beth, Ebenezer. Joseph and Solomon.
(I) Joseph Hancock, who was probably the son of one of the last above named, was born about 1730. He was married in Hampstead, New Hampshire, August 15, 1754, to Abigail
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Kezar, born February 14, 1738, in that town, a daughter of John and Judit : ( Heath) Kezar. Soon after his marriage he settled in North- field, New Hampshire. Three of his chil- dren were born in Hampstead, namely : George, 1756; Joseph, 1757, and Sarah, 1759. Northfield at that time was a portion of the town of Canterbury, and he died there before the close of the eighteenth century. There were probably other children born in that town.
(II) Joseph (2), second son of Joseph (I) and Abigail (Kezar) Hancock, was born in 1757 in Hampstead and was baptized there in June of that year, but lived in Northfield, New Hampshire, and died while temporarily absent from home, March 2, 1831. He was a soldier of the revolution, serving in Lieutenant Colonel Henry Gerrish's battalion on the Ti- conderoga alarm of 1777. He was in Captain Benjamin Sias' company of Colonel Thomas Stickney's regiment at Bennington, and was at Saratoga when General Burgoyne surren- dered. He married (first) Polly Heath, who was the mother of his ten children. He mar- ried (second) Susanna Page. The following is a brief account of his children: I. John, married Elizabeth Lyford and removed to II- linois. 2. Jacob, married Judith Wyatt and lived in Northfield. 3. George, married Sarah Forrest and also lived in Northfield. 4. Charles, married Betsey Manuel. 5. Jesse, married Anne Chase. 6. Kezar, settled in Il- linois. 7. Susanna, married Joseph Gerrish. 8. Polly, married Josiah Phillbrick, of Hamp- ton. 9. Sally, married Morrill S. Moore. 10. William, who is the subject of the succeeding paragraph.
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