Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume I, Part 90

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) William, youngest child of Joseph (2) and Polly (Heath) Hancock, was born in Northfield, and lived in that town on the Intervale farm. since occupied by the Man- uel family. He was a Congregationalist in religion, a Whig in politics, and served in the state militia. He was a worthy citizen and died in August, 1846. He married Hannah Hall Haines, and they were the parents of two children : Clara Ann, the eldest, became the wife of James B. Straw, of Manchester, New Hampshire.

(IV) Orrin Jerome, son of William and Hannah H. (Haines) Hancock, was born De- cember 26, 1839, in Bristol, New Hampshire, and was educated at Franklin Academy and New Hampton Institute. He became a Chris- tian clergyman and was stationed at Albion, Skowhegan and Saco, Maine, and subse- quently at Newton and Belmont. New Hamp- shire. He is a minister of the Christian

church and a Republican in politics. He has served on various school committees and as supervisor of schools. He married, December II, 1866, at Manchester, New Hampshire, Mary Aphia Rummery, born July 18, 1844, in Manchester, daughter of Jerome B. and Abi- gail Fogg (Dyer) Rummery. Jerome B. Rum- mery was born March 24, 1811, in Parson- field, Maine, son of William and Margaret (McGrath) Rummery, the former born De- cember 16, 1769, and the latter March 22, 1770, in Saco, Maine. Abigail Fogg (Dyer) Rummery was born April 21, 1814, in Not- tingham, New Hampshire. Orrin J. Hancock and wife are the parents of William Jerome ; an infant unnamed; Edward Henry and Eva Mabel.

(V) William Jerome, eldest child of Orrin Jerome and Mary A. (Rummery) Hancock, was born . December 14, 1867, in Albion, Maine, and obtained his elementary and sec- ondary education in the public schools of Skowhegan, that state. He subsequently en- tered the University of Maine, at Orono, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1888 and Master of Science, 1892. In 1889 he was graduated from Bryant & Stratton's Business College at Manchester, New Hampshire. He early engaged in teach- ing in the public schools of Maine and was subsequently professor of chemistry in An- tioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio, from 1890 to 1892; he was teacher of science in Starkey Seminary at Lakemont, New York, 1892-93, and professor of chemistry in An- tioch College from 1893 to 1898. Since 1898 he has continued to the present time as teacher of chemistry in Erasmus Hall high school of Brooklyn, New York. He is an independent in politics, and is identified with Bedford Council, No. 655, Royal Arcanum, of Brook- lyn. He is a member of the Omega Mu Chap- ter of Phi Gama Delta fraternity. With his family he is identified with the Second Uni- tarian Church of Brooklyn. He is a member of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, the American Chemical So- ciety. the Chemistry Teachers' Club of New York, of which he was president for the year 1906-07, and the New York State Science Teachers' Association. Professor Hancock has made a number of improvements in lab- oratory apparatus. He is one of the authors of "First Principles of Chemistry." published by Allyn & Bacon in 1907, and a laboratory manual to accompany the same in 1908. He married, July 6, 1892, at Yellow Springs, Ohio, Carrie May Ellis, born July 31, 1868, in

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that town, daughter of Charles Rufus and Eliza (Miller) Ellis. The former was born August 29, 1843, in Otsego county, New York, and served as a private in Company D, Fifty-seventh Regiment of State Volunteers from October 16, 1861, to December 31, 1863. He was enrolled as corporal of the company, January 1, 1864, by re-enlistment, and served until discharged December 20, 1865. He was subsequently a merchant and farmer and died at Yellow Springs, Ohio, April 29, 1880. He was the father of a daughter and a son, namely: Carrie May Ellis, and Charles Her- bert Ellis, born May 29, 1873.

HUSSEY This is an ancient English family which came into Eng- land with William the Con-

queror, in 1066, and can be traced back to Hugh Hoese of the year 1014. He married a daughter of the third Duke of Normandy, and his name became changed from its Ger- man form to the French, De Hosey, and this has been anglicized to Hussey. Very soon after its arrival in this country the family be- came identified with the Society of Friends or Quakers, and most of its members have ever since continued in that affiliation. In England it is represented by Sir George Al- fred Ernest Hussey, who was mayor of Southampton from 1898 to 1901. In this country, William J. Hussey, an astronomer of note, is the author of many scientific works and professor at the University of Michigan. It is supposed that all the Husseys in this country, who can trace their ancestry through several generations, are descended from Chris- topher Hussey, of Hampton, New Hampshire. This New England family dates its history in America from the year 1630 and is de- scended from the still older English family of the same name which in the last half of the sixteenth century was seated in Dorking, Sur- rey. The first authentic account we have of the family here under consideration is the rec- ord of marriage of John Hussey and Mary Wood. December 5, 1593, when they both were of Dorking, and were persons of good position and of moderate estate in lands. John Hussey died in England, leaving a widow and children. Of the latter the records are meagre, but there is known to have been a son John, who died young, a son Christopher and one or more daughters, of whom we have no au- thentic account.

(I) Christopher Hussey, immigrant, foun- der of the family of his surname in America, is presumed to have been a son of John and

Mary (Wood) Hussey, of Dorking, and while there is nothin to rebut this presumption there are many circumstances which sustain it, as will be seen from what is hereinafter mentioned. He was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, February 18, 1599. He doubtless was among the parishioners of Rev. Stephen Bachilor, and went to Holland with others of the pastor's flock in order to escape religious persecutions to which they were subjected in England; and it was only on his promise to emigrate to this country that Mr. Bachilor consented to give his daughter Theodate in marriage to Captain Hussey. The marriage took place in England, but whether before or after the exodus to Holland is not certain. However, Christopher Hussey and his wife sailed from Southampton in the "William and Francis" in May, 1630, and landed at Charles- town, New England, about July 23 of the same year. They took up their abode in Saugus (then Lynn), where Rev. Mr. Bachi- lor joined them two years later, and became the first minister of that town. While living there Christopher Hussey's eldest child Ste- phen was born, the second white child born in the town. Subsequently he was one of the prominent men of Newbury, but he appears to have figured still more prominently as one of the proprietors of Hampton, New Hamp- shire, for it is written in the history of that town that "Christo" Hussey and a widow, Mary Hussey, were among the grantees of Hampton. She is presumed to have been the widow of John Hussey, of Dorking, and mother of Christopher Hussey, the immigrant ; and that she came over in the same ship with her son and the others of Mr. Bachilor's flock. In Hampton their lots were on opposite sides of the Meeting-house Green, the widow's five acre houselot being about where the town house now stands. In 1650 "ould mistris husse and her dafter husse" were assigned seats in the meeting-house, and while there is no record elsewhere of such "dafter" it is probable that this mention has reference to the wife or daughter of the widow's son.

Captain Hussey was a man of considerable prominence in Hampton and was chosen to several important offices, first deacon of the church, magistrate, captain of militia, town clerk, selectman and representative to the as- sembly. When New Hampshire was made a royal province he was one of the commission- ers mentioned in the charter. In 1650 he sold all his lands in what now is Hampton and moved to the "Falls Side" (Hampton Falls). In 1659 he was one of the purchasers of Nan-

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tucket, and subsequently commanded an ocean vessel. It is believed that the record of death, October 20, 1649, refers to the death of his wife Theodate, but it may have had reference to his daughter of that name, as her death ap- pears on the record at the same date. He married (second) December 9, 1658, Ann, widow of Jeffrey Mingay. She died June 24, 1680. Captain Ilussey died March 6, 1686. Captain Henry Dow wrote in his diary for March 8, 1686, that he was "at Captain Hus- sey's burial," from which it is clear that he died in Hampton and was not, as Savage says, "cast away off the coast of Florida." At the time of his death Captain Hussey was about ninety years old. His children were Stephen, John, Mary, Theodate and Huldah. In his "History of Hampton" Dow mentions another son Joseph and says "he was repre- sentative from H. in 1672." Captain Hussey himself was representative in that year and on the record his name is written "Xtopher," hence the mis-reading of this abbreviation has given rise to the belief that he had a son of. that name.

(II) Stephen, eldest son and child of Cap- tain Christopher and Theodate (Bachilor) Hussey, was born in Saugus (Lynn), Massa- chusetts, in 1632, the second white child born there and the first child baptized in America by Rev. Stephen Bachilor. Previous to his marriage Stephen Hussey, lived at Barbadoes and was possessed of considerable property when he settled at Nantucket. He was a de- vout member of the Society of Friends, and at one time was representative to the general court. He died at Nantucket, April 2, 1718; married there October 8, 1676, Martha Bunker, born November II, 1656, died September 21, 1744, daughter of George and Jane (Godfrey) Bunker, and grand- daughter of William Bunker. The chil- dren of Stephen and Martha (Bunker) Hus- sey were Buella, born October 10, 1677 ; Abi- gail, December 22, 1679, married Thomas Rowse; Sylvanus, May 13, 1682; Bachelder, mentioned below; Daniel, October 20, 1687; Mary, March 24, 1690; George, June 21, 1694; Theodate, September 15, 1750.

(III) Bachelder (sometimes written Bachi- lor and Bachelor), second son of Stephen and Martha (Bunker) Hussey, was born in Nan- tucket, February 18, 1685, lived there many years and then removed to Biddeford, Maine. One account of his life states that he was a minister of the Society of Friends, and an- other, an old record, says that because of "a little difficulty arising between Bachelder and

Sylvester (his brother), the former removed to Maine for a time, and also that some of his family settled there. Another account has it that he was engaged in the coasting or West India trade. He married, October 11, 1704, Abigail Hale (or Halle), of Boston. Chil- dren : Christopher, born December 9, 1706; Mary, December 9. 1707; Jedidiah (a daugh- ter), July 27, 1708; John, August 6, 1710; Stephen, August 14, 1713; Huldah, December 8, 1716; Ebenezer, December 7, 1718; Paul, April 12, 1720; Sylvanus, March 11, 1722; Moses and Hepzibah.

(IV) Stephen, son of Bachelder and Abi- gail (Hale) Hussey, was born in Nantucket, August 14, 1713, and died in Berwick, Maine, May 8, 1770. He married Eunice Baxter, born August 19, 1714, dicd June 9, 1768, daughter of William Baxter, and by whom he had twelve children, the first nine of whom were born in Biddeford and the last three in Berwick, Maine. Their children in the order of birth were: Daniel, Bachelder, William, Margaret, Deborah, Hepzibah, Phebe, Stephen, Ruth, Paul, Marian, and Walter.

(V) Bachelder, second son of Stephen and Eunice (Baxter) Hussey, was born in Bidde- ford, Maine, June 1, 1745, and died in Ber- wick, February 15, 1794. He married, in Ber- wick, December 1, 1768, Sarah Hanson, born Somersworth, New Hampshire, November 13, 1750, daughter of Isaac Hanson. Their chil- dren, born in Berwick, were Sylvanus, Isaac, Peter H., James H., Huldah, Bachelder, Dan- iel and Stephen.

(VI) Daniel, sixth son of Bachelder and Sarah (Hanson) Hussey, was born in Ber- wick, Maine, 4 9 mo. 1782, and died January 21, 1862. It has been written in various ac- counts of the life of Daniel Hussey that he was born December 16, 1789, and that he "probably was the Daniel Hussey who lived in Madison, Maine, from whence he travelled on horseback to Albion, Maine, about 1808, soon after the birth of his eldest son"; that he was a farmer in Madison, the old home- stead being still in possession of the family, and the original buildings still standing. It may be said, however, that recent investiga- tions have disclosed a probable error in the foregoing statement, as will be seen by an ex- tract from a letter written in 1905 by Henry S. Webster, treasurer of the Gardiner Savings Institution, Gardiner, Maine, to Mrs. Mary H. Roberts, in which the writer says: "I have lately received a copy of a record kept in a family Bible by a Daniel Hussey (answering to the above description), from which it ap -.

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pears that he moved to Vassalboro, was twice married, and had nine children, whose names do not correspond with those in your family." Daniel Hussey married Fannie Crosby, born 20 4mo. 1788, died August 17, 1861. One ac- count mentions their children as being Albert, Jolın, Silas, Ruel, George and Mary ; and an- other and more ample record of their chil- dren is as follows: I. John, born 19 8mo. 1807, died February 29, 1864; married March 29, 1836, Mary Kidder, and had John Martin, born June 16, 1837, and George Oscar, born March 25, 1840. 2. Albert, born 8 9mo. 1809, died June 20, 1871. 3. Silas, born 31 Iomo. ISII. 4. Patience, born 15 9mo. 1813, died January 29, 1853: married, December 25, 1837, Joseph Hodgkins. 5 James, born 15 8mo. 1815, died April 16, 1837. 6. Joseph, born 20 3mo. 1819, died August 2, 1882 ; married, Jan- uary 10, 1841, Elizabeth Ford. 7. Charles, born 27 Imo. 1822, died November 1, 1892; married (first) February 7, 1847, Elizabeth A. Small, ( second) July 11, 1881, Mary Dudley. 8. Sarah, born 23 4mo. 1824, died January 14, 1848; married, December 31, 1846, Paul Tom- linson. 9. Ruel, born II 9mo. 1826, died Jan- uary 2, 1867. 10. Mary, born 26 7mo. 1828, died April 1, 1868. 11. George, born 20 IImo. 1831. died February 2, 1900; married, Au- gust 4, 1870, Maria Goslin.

(VII) Silas, son of Daniel and Fannie (Crosby) Hussey, was born in Albion, Maine, October 31, 1811, and died there July 17, 1894. He was an extensive farmer and successful stock dealer, and is said to have been one of the largest apple growers of the state in his time. He attended the services of the Chris- tian church, and in politics was a firm Demo- crat. He married Jane Wellington, who was born in Albion in 1823 and died there in 1900. They had seven children: I. Isabel, married (first) Joel Kelley, (second) Theodore Per- kins, and had one son, Bert Perkins. 2. John W., born August 26, 1842, married (first) Oc- tober 10, 1873, Mary Key Crosby, and had two daughters, Lucia M., born September 5, 1875, died December 4, 1888, and Edith A., born December 4, 1876; married (second) Fannie Goodspeed, born August 2, 1853, and had Clarence Wellington, born October 28, 1892. 3. Charles Walter, born October 22, 1845. 4. Fannie, married, October 25, 1871, Cyrus A. Leavitt, and had Gertrude and Carl Leavitt. 5. Bert S., married, June 2, 1891, Marion F. Ayer, and had Raymond Rudd, born May 9, 1893, and Gladys. 6. Mary Jane, born Febru- ary 2, 1854, died January 15, 1884; married, October 22, 1882, Lucien S. Tilton, and had

Lucien Tilton, born January 6, 1884, died March 1, 1906. 7. Fred Knowlton, born June 4, 1858, married, September 20, 1885, Mabel Estelle Carr, and had Marion Carr, born Oc- tober 6, 1889; Forest Wellington, March 20, 1892; Fred Knowlton, October 16, 1895.

(VIII) Charles Walter, second son and third child of Silas and Jane (Wellington) Hussey, was born in Albion, Maine, October 22, 1845, and acquired his earlier literary edu- cation in the public schools of his native town and academy at China, Maine. He enlisted when eighteen years of age in the civil war in the First Maine Battalion, was made quar- termaster-sergeant ; he was in Washington at the time President Lincoln was assassinated and was present at the burning of the barn when Booth was captured ; he was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He took up the study of law in the office and under the direction of Hon. S. S. Brown, of Fairfield and Waterville, remained there for three years and in 1892 was admitted to practice in the courts of this state. Having come to the bar he began his professional career as part- ner with his former preceptor, which relation was maintained until 1895, when he withdrew from the partnership and has since practiced alone. Thus for more than fifteen years Mr. Hussey has been an active member of the Wa- terville bar and enjoys a favorable acquain- tance in all professional circles throughout the county. He is known as a strong lawyer, a safe and prudent counsellor, and a man with whom principles always prevail rather than expedients. His practice is large, and nat- urally is successful ; and his offices, among the most finely appointed in the state, reflect some- thing of the man in his professional methods and personal character. He is not in any sense a public man, although not wanting in political interest, and the extent of his holdings have been limited to his incumbency of the office of town auditor of Albion, which he filled while living in that town, and town agent of Albion for many years. Mr. Hussey married, Octo- ber 22, 1866, Grace Osgood, born Palermo, Maine, March 28, 1846, daughter of Edward and Mary ( Baker) Osgood.

(For early generations see preceding sketch.)

(IV) Ebenezer, fifth son of

HUSSEY Bachelder and Abigail ( Hale) Hussey, was born December 7, 1718, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and re- moved to Berwick, Maine. His ancient home- stead in that portion of the town now North Berwick, is still in existence in a very good

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state of preservation. For many generations, he and his descendants were of very highi standing in the Society of Friends, occupying the first of the high seats in the church, and having charge of the finances and investments of the community. Ebenezer Hussey was married, in 1744, to Miriam Morrell. No rec- ord of their children can be found.

(V) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (I) and Miriam (Morrell) Hussey, was born about 1745. in North Berwick, and resided there throughout his life, succeeding his father in a responsible position among the Quakers.

(VI) Ebenezer (3), son of Ebenezer (2) Hussey, was born about the time of the revo- lution, in North Berwick, but the alarms of war had little effect on the child, as his an- cestry and parents were a people opposed to war. He rose to high rank in the society, and occupied the head seat at their meetings. A man of good judgment, the investments of the society prospered under his charge. He owned a large farm on Pilgrim Hill at North Berwick, and was a useful and respected citi-

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He married, in 1793, Mercy Austin.

Children : Peletiah. Ebenezer, Andrew, George, Samuel F., Mercy and Thankful. The eldest succeeded his father as head of the Quaker organization.

(VII) Samuel F., fifth son of Ebenezer (3) and Mercy (Austin) Hussey, was born in 1802, at North Berwick, and settled at Union, Maine, where he died at the early age of thirty-five years. He was educated in the town schools and at the high school in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. On settling at Union he bought an interest in a woolen mill in com- pany with William Allen, and was the suc- cessful manager of its operation until his death in 1837. He adhered to the teachings of his ancestry, and was a member of the So- ciety of Friends. He married, in 1831, Nancy T. Atwood, of Pittston, Maine, and had two children : Lucy Ellen and Erwin Albert. The daughter became the wife of Captain Abel Patten, and was lost at sea in the ship "Tom- my Hussey," owned by her brother.

(VIII) Captain Erwin Albert, only son of Samuel F. and Nancy (Atwood) Hussey, was born March 29, 1833, in Union, and was but four years old at the time of his father's death. At the age of twelve years he went to sea in the ship "Charlie Main," of Thomaston, Maine, a vessel of three hundred and twenty- five tons, and so large for the times that peo- ple came from all parts of the state to see her. At the age of twenty-one years, Captain Hussey was in command of one of the largest

packet ships plying between New York and Liverpool, the "Escort," of the St. George line. Previous to this he had had a most adventur- ous experience. When eighteen years of age he served in the Indian Sepoy war, ranking as captain in the British East Indian navy and colonel of the army. He continued to follow the sea for nearly thirty years, and his last command was the steamship "Daniel Web- ster." In 1861 he retired from the sea and engaged in the banking business in New York City. For forty-four years he held member- ship in the New York Stock Exchange, and retired from active business in 1904. The firm of Hussey & Company, which he founded, is still in active business, headed by his son. In the year 1859, Captain Hussey was mar- ried to Harriet (Frances) Southard, of Rich- mond, Maine, and their only son, Thomas J., was born in 1860. The latter was married, in 1896, to Marion W. Haley, and has a daughter, Hattie Morse Hussey, born in 1898. The only daughter of Captain E. A. Hussey, Hattie Bishop, born 1862, in New York, died in that city in 1897. In 1887 she became the wife of Charles W. Morse, of Bath, Maine, and they had four children: Benjamin W., Erwin A., Harry B., and Anna E., all now liv- ing.

BEAN The families of Bean, Bain, and Bayne, as the name is variously spelled, are undoubtedly descended from the old Scotch clan Vean. The letters b and v in Gaelic are interchangeable, so that Vean and Bean are the same name differently spelled. The origin of the name is a matter of conjecture ; by some it is claimed to be de- rived from the place of residence of the clan, "beann" in Gaelic signifying mountain; but a better supported opinion is that it is derived from the fair complexion of the clan's progen- itor, "bean," meaning white or fair, and often used by Highlanders to distinguish a man of fair complexion, as "olive," black or swarthy was used to designate one of dark complex- ion. The clan Vean, or, as it is oftener desig- nated in Scotch history, "MacBean," was one of the tribes of the Chatli, or Clan Chattan, and occupied the Lochaber territory some time before the year 1300. Three distinct fam- ilies of this blood came to America-the Bains settled in Virginia, the Banes in Maine, and the Beans in New Hampshire. In what year or on what ship the progenitor of the Beans reached these shores is not and probably never will be known.

(I) John Bean, the immigrant ancestor,

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originally MacBean, or Bayne, was a Scotch-' man, said to be son of Donald MacBayne, and born in Scotland. There is reason to believe that he was one of the Scotch taken prisoner by Cromwell at the battle of Worcester, or some of the other victories that he won over the Royalist and Scotch forces. Many thou- sands of these Scotch prisoners were sent over here and in time became proprietors and citi- zens in good standing with their English neighbors, and many other Scotch were drawn to New England to follow relatives who had been sent away. He first appears as the grantee of land in the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1660. Other grants were made to him October 10, 1664, April I, 1671, and February 21, 1708. John Fed, of Exeter, also conveyed to him, July 22, 1664, land in Exe- ter, consisting of a house lot of twenty acres, and other lots in Exeter containing ten, five and twenty-six acres respectively. In 1671 he was one of a committee chosen to run the lines between Exeter and adjoining towns ; he took the oath of allegiance November 30, 1677; was pound keeper in 1680; and signed the famous New Hampshire petition of 1680-90. Tradition, in support of which there is much circumstantial evidence, says that his wife died on the passage, and that he married a girl who came over on the same vessel. The name of the first wife is not known. The name of the second, whom he married before 1661, was Margaret. Margaret Bean joined Hampton Church in 1671, and good wife Bean was among those who were dismissed from that church in 1698, "in order to their being incor- porated unto a church state in Exeter." Mar- garet Bean was one of those who organized the church in Exeter, September 2, 1698; she was a member in 1705, which was the last mention of her. She died before 1718. John Bean died between January 24, and February 8, 1717. He divided his property among his children before his death, and left no will. He had eleven children; one by first wife, Mary; ten by second wife, born in Exeter: 1. John, born August 15, 1661 ; died May 18, 1666. 2. Daniel, born March 23, 1662-63. 3. Samuel, born March 23, 1665-66. 4. John, born Octo- ber 13, 1668. 5. Margaret, born October 27, 1670. 6. James, born December 17, 1672. 7. Jeremy, born April 20. 1675. 8. Elizabeth, born September 24, 1678.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume I, Part 90

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