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Regiment Band in Boston, which was stationed at Fort Grant, Arizona. They were afterward stationed at Huntsville, Alabama, Macon, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, and Havana and Marinoa, Cuba. They were discharged in New York City, May 6, 1899. Mr. Crawford then returned to Benton Station, where he worked for his father one year in the grocery business. He then formed a partnership in the clothing business at Fairfield under the firm name of Crawford and Lowell ; and on Octo- ber 5. 1900, he bought out his partner's inter- est, and has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Crawford is treasurer for the Ne- mo Company (incorporated). He is a Repub- lican in politics, and belongs to Siloam Lodge, A. F. and A. M., also to the Fairfield Odd Fellows, the Brotherhood of Protective Order of Elks of Waterville, Maine; and to M. W. of A. of Fairfield.
On July 24, 1901, William Maurice Craw- ford married Ethel Joy Preble, daughter of George B. and Ada (Clark) Preble, who was born November 3, 1883, at Waterville, Maine. They have one child, Glenys Irsteen, born Jan- uary 9, 1904, at Fairfield, Maine.
Robert Lawrence, immi- LAWRENCE grant ancestor, was born in England. With his two brothers he was sent to Holland, 1664-67, with the troops of Charles II, and according to the Lawrence and Bartlett genealogy all three left the army and came to America, two settling in Long Island, while Robert settled in Sand- wich, Barnstable county, Massachusetts. It should be mentioned, however, that as early as 1644 a Robert Lawrence, of Marshfield, not far from Sandwich, was a proprietor. The similarity of the name and the location make it reasonable to believe that the two Robert Lawrences were related. Moreover, we find a William Lawrence on the list of those able to bear arms at Duxbury, an adjacent town, in 1643. a son-in-law of Francis Sprague, who sold him land at Duxbury April 1, 1644. In 1679 Robert was given leave to purchase sixty acres of the Indian Simon Wickett. He mar- ried Sarah Barlow. Robert Lawrence died in 1709; his will was dated October 13, 1704, and proved January 25, 1710, bequeathing to chil- dren, mentioned below. He had lands in Fal- mouth and Sandwich. Children: I. Joseph, mentioned below. 2. Benjamin. 3. Lieutenant Samuel, resided at Sandwich; died 1710; will dated June 3, 1709, and proved June 28, 1710, bequeathing to wife Mercy and her daughter Maria, to Deliverance "her and my daughter"
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all personal estate, mentioned no sons. 4. Ex- perience. 5. Joshua. 6. Ebenezer, born at Sandwich, January 16, 1676; had son Ebene- zer.
(II) Joseph, son of Robert Lawrence, was born about 1670 at Sandwich. Children : I. Joseph Jr., born 1706. died July 15, 1768; married Betsey Paddock ; resided at Plymouth ; children : Justis. Seth, Hannah, Peninah, Patty ; James, born November 27, 1745, mar- ried, January 1, 1769, Abigail Evans; James was a soldier in the revolution, removed to New Sandwich, now Wayne, Kennebec coun- ty, and died at Wayne, Maine, July 3, 1811. 2. Peleg, born about 1700, mentioned below. And others.
(III) Peleg, son of Joseph Lawrence, was born about 1700. He married, January 24, 1726-27, Mary Percival, and lived at Sand- wich and Barnstable, the town adjoining. Children, born in Barnstable: 1. John, Janu- ary 22, 1727-28. 2. Hannah, born May 12, 1730. 3. David, mentioned below.
(IV) Captain David, son of Peleg Law- rence, was born in Barnstable or vicinity. He seems to have had service in the revolution in Captain Ward Swift's company, Colonel Free- man's regiment. He died October 3, 1785. His widow Sarah, February 21, 1825, aged seventy-six. Children, born at Barnstable, probably not in order of birth : 1. James, men- tioned below. 2. William, born August 10, 1779, died July 27, 1805, buried at Good- speed's Hill cemetery. 3. Lucy, June 3, 1782. 4. Lydia, August 18, 1783, died October 8, 1785. 5. Henry. 6. Joseph, who was the fa- ther of six children : i. Lydia, married (inten- tions dated at Barnstable, July 31, 1830) Hen- ry S. Toby, of Fairfield, Maine; ii. Mercy, married Henry S. Toby as his second wife ; iii. Maria; iv. Olive; v. Hannah, married a Mr. Parker ; vi. Joseph, unmarried. 7. Peleg. 8. Mary, married Benjamin Smith and settled in Fairfield, Maine ; children : Thomas, Polly and Thankful Smith
(V) James, son of Captain David Law- rence, was born at Barnstable, Massachusetts, about 1775. He settled in Fairfield, Maine, among the earliest and was prominent in town affairs. He was a farmer. He died at Fair- field in 1840. Children: Eben, Joseph, Ma- linda, Betsey, Elihu, Peleg, Henry, William and James, mentioned below.
(VI) James (2), son of James (1) Law- rence, was born about 1800 in Barnstable. He removed with his father to Fairfield, Maine, and settled there. He was educated in the common schools and learned the trade of shoe-
maker. He owned a farm in Fairfield, and besides conducting that followed his trade dur- ing the winter seasons. He was active in the militia and rose to the rank of captain. Mr. Lawrence married, in Fairfield, Anna Lander, born in Fairfield, June 20, 1802, died there June 18, 1879, daughter of Thomas Lander, of Sandwich, and granddaughter of Captain Thomas Lander, who died in 1807, aged sev- enty-five. He is buried at Fairfield Center, Maine. She was a very estimable woman, thoroughly devoted to her family, cheerful in disposition, kindly to all, and greatly beloved by all who knew her. Children : I. Annie, died in infancy. 2. Rose, married Benjamin Jones, and died at the age of twenty-five years. leaving two children: Helen Victoria and Charles Alton. 3. Maria, died aged eighteen years. 4. James, married ( first) Maria Filli- brown ; ( second) Rebecca Trevelyan ; two sons by first wife, Benjamin and Alphonso; three children by second wife: Willie, Rosie and Janie. 5. Matilda, married Joseph Gifford and died leaving one son, Willie Gifford. 6. Ed- ward Jones, mentioned below. 7. George Washington, born October 2, 1835, married Elva Weymouth ; children: Georgia Wilson, Grace, Carl Coburn, Edna Manson and Ethel Muir, the two latter named twins. 8. Milford, unmarried, died in 1862. 9. Maria Wilson, married (first) Charles A. Morrill; (second) George Cresswell Muir ; no children. 10. Olive Jones, married Alonzo Miner Hanson ; chil- dren, Allie Morrill and Marie Miller. 11. Rose Bowman, married Daniel Webster Em- ery ; children : Walter Howard, Ernest Web- ster and Cresswell Alton. 12. Henry Allen, twin of Rose Bowman, died in infancy. 13. Richard Smith, unmarried, died in California in 1902.
(VII) Edward Jones, son of James (2) Lawrence, was born January 1, 1833, in Fair- field, Maine, and was educated there in the public schools. He began to work for the firm of Wing & Bates, lumber dealers, Gardiner, Maine, and for a number of years was book- keeper. When this firm bought out a lumber business in Shawmut, Maine, he bought a third interest and later took over the plant in partnership with his brother G. W. Lawrence. The firm became E. J. and G. W. Lawrence, lumber dealers, until G. W. failed in health and sold out to Mr. Phillips, when the firm became Lawrence, Phillips & Company, and then Lawrence, Newhall & Company and final- ly Lawrence, Newhall & Page. This plant and business was sold to the present Shawmut Manufacturing Company. Mr. Lawrence con-
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tinues to be president of the Lawrence, New- hall & Page Company, manufacturers of build- ing material and dealers in lumber, in Au- gusta, Maine. He is president of the Water- ville Trust Company, the Waterville and Oak- land Electric Railroad Company and the Port- land & Brunswick Electric Railroad Company. His home is at Fairfield, Maine. In politics he is a Democrat. He was representative to the state legislature from his district in 1877. He has been generous in public and private benevolence with the wealth he has accumu- lated. In 1900 he presented to the town of Fairfield the Lawrence Free Library, a hand- some building with many thousands of well- selected books. In 1907 he gave to the town the Lawrence high school building, a magnifi- cent structure, costing seventy thousand dol- lars ; the architecture, equipment and grounds are superb, and few towns or cities in the state have high school buildings that can rival this one. Mr. Lawrence is extremely popular and influential in Fairfield, in which he has taken so substantial an interest. He has con- tributed, it must be said, to every project and movement for the welfare and improvement of the town. A man of the highest integrity, firm in character and strong in purpose, ener- getic and enterprising, sagacious and prudent in business, he stands among the foremost ranks of business men, not only in his own county, but in the state. He is known to the lumber trade through all New England. He is a member of Siloam Lodge of Free Masons of Fairfield; Teconnet Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Royal and Select Masters ; St. Omer Commandery, Knights Templar, Waterville ; also of the Eastern Star, of Fairfield. He married (first), 1859. Sarah F. Gerrish, of Portland; one son, Howard, born 1860, died 1862; Mrs. Lawrence died in 1865. He mar- ried (second), 1870, Hannah F. Shaw, of Carmel ; children : Annie Shaw, deceased ; Addie Miller and Alice Mary.
As a steamer took her way BUCKNAM along the New England coast the wind came shrieking from the east, black clouds swept in on beach and headland, and when night fell the craft was trembling from stem to stern in the buffet- ings of the gale. A gray-haired sea captain calmed the fears of many passengers by his bright smile and cheery assurance, "You needn't have a single care about this storm, for we've got Josh Bucknam for engineer, and he never got beat by easter or no'theaster. He's taken this steamer through twenty storms
like this. The Bucknams have been engineerin' and guidin' things ever since the 'family came to old Falmouth, Maine, so long ago. It's quite a while ago that Jeremiah Bucknam and his wife Mary were laid away in the old ceme- tery, but people know how great their help was in all town and coast affairs. And when Nathan Bucknam and Betsy Moody hitched up there was another pair of good engineers to help in all places where they might be needed, and their children, and all of the family, have kept up the old record for guiding people, churches, ships, and every created thing, through storms and shoals where other mor- tals would have failed. Yes, sir, Joshua Moody Bucknam is engineer on this craft, and we'll come safe past the twin lights !" "Ay, ay," an- other man responded, "the Bucknams are a born race of engineers on sea and land. They never bluster about, saying, 'Here, let me do this,' but just go to work in a quiet way, that straightens out all the tangles. Yes, a family with a wonderful record for helping in good things along on the Maine coast. And if you take pains to go to Falmouth, or Cumber- land, or Yarmouth, you'll find that this stock isn't petering out a bit. There! Josh knew just how to make the steamer ride over that big sea. He'll take us through." And while the storm thundered in vain against the steam- er many stories were told of the Bucknam skill and helpfulness, which quieted the fears of many a man and woman. It was a scene which has often been repeated when the strong merits of this sturdy family have been made known.
(I) Captain William Bucknam was born in North Yarmouth, Maine, and was admitted to the church there September 20, 1784. The greater part of his life was spent on the sea, as he was a very successful captain, both in the coasting trade and in his trips to many foreign ports. He was one of the most public spirited men of his day, and was ever willing to give generously of his time, strength and money for the good of his town, and of others also. He was very prominent in local politics and held all the various town offices, in each one of these discharging his duties in a very prompt and efficient manner. He married Su- san Loraine. (See "Old Times in North Yar- mouth.")
(II) Samuel, son of Captain William and Susan (Loraine) Bucknam, was born in North Yarmouth about 1779 and died in 1855. In early life he followed the sea with great suc- cess, and afterward retired to a farm in what was then North Yarmouth. He had a brisk
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and cheery manner, which made him a very popular man in his town and in all places where he was known, and he was always ac- tive in local affairs, and willing to help in every good cause with great earnestness. He was one of the most active members of the First Congregational Church of North Yar- mouth, and aided in making its services very helpful to a large number of people. The chil- dren of his first marriage were Mary and An- nie. The name of his second wife was Phœbe Chandler, and the children were: Jerry, Jo- seph, Samuel 2nd, Charles and James Mon- roe. These boys had a very happy boyhood on their father's fine farm of one hundred and fifty acres, but the ocean appealed so strongly to them that all became shipmasters of great success. Joseph, Samuel and James M. being in command of large vessels which sailed from Portland to foreign ports.
(III) James Monroe, the son of Samuel and Phœbe (Chandler) Bucknam, was born in North Yarmouth, September 12, 1818, and died in Yarmouth Village, October 3, 1905. He received a good education in the schools of his native town. He had twenty years of very successful sea life, and was a captain who was widely known for his quick voyages and his kindness to his sailors. When his father's health began to fail he left his ship and re- turned to the home farm, where he did all in his power to cheer the last days of the parents who had always been so kind to him. He carried on the work there in a very ener- getic manner until 1904, when he sold the farm and removed to Yarmouth Village. In politics he was a very sturdy Republican, and held many town offices, being member of the board of selectmen for a number of years. He also held several offices in the Baptist church, where he was a very helpful member. Mr. Bucknam married (first) Caroline, daughter of Nicholas Drinkwater. of North Yarmouth. The children of this union were: I. Clarence Leland, who died at the age of two years. 2. Caroline Augusta, who died in infancy. 3. Nicholas Drinkwater, who is a farmer at Yar- mouth. 4. Hon. Clarence Loraine. 5. James Monroe Jr., who is deceased. Mr. Bucknam married (second) Abbie Frances, daughter of Nathaniel Twombly. of Yarmouth, and the children were: 6. Albion L., who resides in Washington, D. C. 7. Caroline Frances, who married David Miller and lives in North Jay.
(IV) Hon. Clarence Loraine, the son of James Monroe and Caroline (Drinkwater) Bucknam, was born in Yarmouth, October 4, 1850, and has long resided in Yarmouth. He
was a very diligent student and a graduate of the North Yarmouth Academy, which has. helped to successfully train so many men and women of the old Pine Tree State. In 1873 he went to Minnesota for improvement of his health, and remained there about a year. He learned the trade of a shoemaker, and contin- ued this work in a very active manner until 1873. In 1877 he bought the farm which has since been his cosy home. In 1885 he was ap- pointed deputy sheriff under Benjamin True and held this position in a very acceptable manner until 1900. He was tax collector of Yarmouth from 1885 until 1892. In 1891 he was elected representative to the legislature. For six years he was messenger in the in- solvency court and resided in Portland. For the last ten years he has been moderator of the Yarmouth town meetings, and has been chair- man of the board of selectmen for the years 1902-05-07. He is a sturdy Republican and was a member of the Cumberland county Re- publican committee from 1901 to 1907. He. has also been a member of the Republican town committee for the last twenty years, and has been its chairman for the past five years. He has now practically retired from business and just keeps doing "enough farming to keep himself busy!" He is a man who is very highly esteemed by all who know him. He is an attendant of the Congregational church in Yarmouth. He is an Odd Fellow, a mem- ber of the Masonic Lodge, Chapter, Comman- dery and Council, and of the Kora Temple of the Mystic Shrine. In the Red Men's Broth- erhood he has held all the various offices which the. state can give, and is a member of the Grand Council of Maine, and has been repre- sentative to the United States Council five times. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and has held all the chairs in that body, and in 1902 was grand chancellor com- mander. He is also of great help in the work of the Grange in his native state. Mr. Buck- nam married (first) Georgianna, born May 18, 1851, daughter of Sumner Perkins, of Farm- ington ; she died September 29, 1888. Their children were: Allura Marilla, born April 13, 1876, died June 12, 1887. Sumner Perkins, born June 6, 1882. died April 25, 1896. He married (second) Jennie M. Young, of Yar- mouth, born October 28, 1870, and their son is Sumner Earle, born January 11, 1898.
Buckman or Bucknam is an BUCKNAM ancient English surname, or- iginally a trade-name, mean- - ing a man who cared for bucks.
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(I) William Bucknam, immigrant ancestor, came from Ipswich, England. He settled first in Salem, but removed to Rumney Marslı, now Chelsea, in 1632, and later to Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was in the Mystic side (Malden) prior to November 1, 1664, accord- ing to the selectmen's records. His house and garden in Charlestown adjoined the land of E. Carrington. He bought land at Malden, ad- joining 1. Allen's, R. Russell's, W. Sargent's and W. Phillips' land, in 1649. He bought a meadow lot in Malden in 1650. He married ( first) Prudence Wilkinson; (second) Sarah Knower. He was admitted a freeman, March 22, 1689-90. His will was dated June 12, 1679, and the inventory is dated the same year. Children : 1. John, died June 14, 1705. 2. Joses (son of the second wife), born July 3. 1641, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, married B. Whittemore. 4. Mercy, February 14, 1647- 48, married, December 7, 1669, Benjamin Webb. 5. Sarah, July, 1650. 6. William, Au- gust, 1652, married, October 11, 1676, Hannalı Wait; he died September 16 or 17, 1693 (gravestone). 7. Mehitable, August, 1654, married Samuel Wait. 8. Edward, 1657. 9. Samuel, died September 13, 1658. 10. Sam- uel, born January, 1659-60.
(II) Joses, son of William (1) Bucknam, was born July 3, 1641, and died October 10, 1694. He married (first) --; (second) March, 1673, Judith Worth, died August 24, 1694, aged fifty-three years (gravestone at Malden). She was a daughter of Lionel and Susannalı ( Whipple) Worth. John Worth, father of Lionel, was the immigrant ancestor. Children, born at Malden: 1. Joses, January, 1666-67, married Hannah Peabody, of Box- ford. 2. Hannah, August, 1669. 3. Elizabeth, married Jolin Mellen. 4. Samuel, mentioned below. Born at Malden: 5. Judith, August 7, 1676, married, 1700, Zaccheus Hill. 6. Su- sanna, August 8, 1685. 7. William, February 12, 1688; removed to Portland. 8. Edward, March 22, 1691, settled in Stoneham ; married Rebecca Sprague; died May 14, 1773. 9. Lydia, March 24, 1695.
( III) Samuel. son of Joses Bucknam, was born in 1673 and died July 3 or 4, 1751. He settled in Malden and married there, Septem- ber 22, 1697, Deborah Mellen. He removed to Falmouth with his son Samuel, 1720, and was on a list of persons who removed there at this time. He was one of thirty-nine persons who received grants of land on condition "that those who had not brought forward a settlement al- ready, should do it upon their sixty-acre lots within twelve months, and on three home lots
within six months. ( Willis Portland, p. 341.) Children : 1. Samuel, born April 7, 1699. 2. Phebe, October 22, 1700. 3. Abigail, June 7, 1702. 4. Lydia, January 23, 1704. 5. Me- hitable, October 1, 1705. 6. William, Novem- ber 8, 1706, died young. 7. John, November 8, 1707. 8. William, July 3, 1709, mentioned below. 9. Benjamin, August 1, 17II. IO. Deborah, March II, 1714.
(IV) William (2), son of Samuel Buck- nam, was born July 3, 1709, and resided in Falmouth, now Portland, Maine. He mar- ried, January 15, 1736, Ann Pote. Children : I. Deboralı, born October 10, 1737, died De- cember 16, 1761. 2. William Jr., July 27, 1739, died October 7, 1761. 3. John, July 17, 1741, died young. 4. Lydia, July 16, 1742, died February 7, 1778; married Cornelius Buxton. 5. Abigail, September 26, 1744, died young. 6. John, July 2, 1746, mentioned be- low. 7. Abigail, June 15, 1748, died young. 8. Jeremiah, February 11, 1750. 9. Samuel, January 1, 1752, died April 2, 1814. 10. Ann, July 8, 1754. 11. Nathan, November 11, 1756, died May 11, 1824. 12. Phebe, February 13, 1759, died young.
(V) John, son of William (2) Bucknam, was born in Falmouth, July 2, 1746, died April 22, 1792. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Thomas Parrat's company in 1777 at Machias, Maine, and in Lieutenant John Scott's company, the sixth Lincoln, in 1779 at Machias. He was at Pleasant River, April 27, 1778, with eight in his family and settled at what is now Columbia Falls Village, where hie built the house occupied by Walter Buck- nam in 1888. He was engaged in lumbering and farming. He married, January, 1773, at Pleasant River, Columbia, now Columbia Falls, Mary, daughter of Joseph Wilson, of Colum- bia Falls. She died August 15, 1804, aged fifty-two. Children : 1. William, married Ab- igail Drisko ; died January 1, 1829, aged fifty- five. 2. Anna, married William Wass, of Wil- mot. 3. John, unmarried ; died at the age of thirty. 4. Jeremiah, resided in Addison ; mar- ried Nancy Yates. 5. Ichabod, married Eliza- beth Wilson ; died August 26, 1846, aged sixty- two. 6. Mary, died unmarried aged twenty. 7. Samuel, married Almira (Godfrey) Foster, widow. 8. Robert Pazan, married Sarah Fos- ter. 9. Nathan, mentioned below.
(VI) Nathan Bucknam, son of John Buck- nam, was born at Columbia, now Columbia Falls, Maine, June 3, 1792, and married, Feb- ruary 17, 1828, Esther Carleton, of the same town, born December 23, 1804, daughter of John and Amy (Noonnan) Carleton, the for-
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mer born January 26, 1772, the latter April 7, 1777. Jolin Carleton came from Methuen, Massachusetts, died June 13, 1814 ; his wife, born in Gouldsboro (Prospect Harbor), Maine, died February 21, 1868; her father came from Ireland; he was a school teacher. Children: 1. Cordelia Carleton, born Decem- ber 12, 1828, died January 24, 1829. 2. Gilbert Lafayette, mentioned below. 3. Benjamin Thomas, born April 13, 1832, died February 18, 1834. 4. Benjamin Franklin, born Novem- ber 21, 1835, died June 11, 1886. 5. Emma Louisa, born October 20, 1837, married Isaac Proctor, of Malden, Massachusetts. 6. Julia Maria, born April 1, 1840, died March 6, 1842.
(VII) Gilbert Lafayette, son of Nathan Bucknam, was born in Columbia, now Colum- bia Falls, Maine, May 17, 1830. He received his education in the common schools of his na- tive town. He learned the trade of ship-build- er and was in the ship-building business in Co- lumbia Falls for several years; also engaged in lumbering and farming. In politics Mr. Bucknam was first a Whig, then a Republican. He was for nearly twenty years deputy sheriff of the county and was well known among the lawyers and public officers of that section of the state. He was tax collector for about fif- teen years and member of the board of health in the town of Columbia. He retired from business several years ago and has since lived quietly at his home in Columbia Falls, Maine. He is a prominent Free Mason, a member of Tuscan Lodge, No. 106, at Addison, Maine, of Dirigo Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Cherryfield, Maine, and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. He married, June 22, 1858, in Addison, by the Rev. C. C. Long, a Baptist clergyman, Susannah Ingersoll, who was born in Columbia, April 14, 1837, daughter of Na- thaniel Jr. and Mary (Coffin) Ingersoll, par- ents of one other child, Lorenzo Porter Inger- soll. Nathaniel Ingersoll was engaged in lum- bering and farming. William Ingersoll, grand- father of Nathaniel Ingersoll, came from Yar- mouth, Maine. Mary (Coffin) Ingersoll traced her ancestry to Sir Richard Coffin, who came from Normandy with William the Nor- man, fought at battle of Hastings, October 14, 1066. A direct descendant of Sir Richard was Peter Coffin, who married Joan Thimber ; chil- dren : Tristram, John, Eunice and Mary. Tris- tram, son of Peter and Joan Coffin, was born in 1605, near Plymouth ; married Dionis Ste- vens ; children : Peter, Tristram, Elizabeth and James, who were born in England. In 1642 Tristram and family, consisting of his wife, mother, two sisters, and children, came to
America and settled at Salisbury on the Mer- rimac river, where Mary, John and Stephen were born ; he also resided in Haverhill, Mas- sachusetts. Matthew, a descendant of the above, son of Richard and Mary Coffin, was born at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, about 1756, and came with his family to Addison, Maine, about 1768; they had twelve children, among whom was Richard, who married Han- nah Whitten, and they were the parents of Mary, aforementioned as the wife of Nathaniel Ingersoll. It is said that all the Coffins in the United States are descendants of Tristram Coffin, who came over in the year 1642. Chil- dren of Gilbert L. and Susannah ( Ingersoll) Bucknam, born in Columbia: 1. Mary Emma, March 19, 1863, graduated from Machias high school and Grey's Business College, Portland, married, December 20, 1892, Henry Oswald Staples ; no children. Mrs. Staples acts as her husband's accountant. 2. Frank Gilbert, Au- gust 16, 1870, graduated from Kent's Hill school, is mate on steamship "W. S. Porter"; married, June 10, 1896, Elizabeth Mary Rum- ball, of Harrington, Maine ; children : i. Ever- ett White, born April 26, 1897; ii. Mary Em- ma, December 17, 1898. 3. Nathan Carleton, mentioned below.
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