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(VIII) Nathan Carleton, son of Gilbert L. Bucknam, was born in Columbia Falls, Feb- ruary 9, 1880. He attended the public schools there, the Nichols Latin school of Lewiston and Bates College, where he was graduated in the class of 1903 with the degree of A. B. He was elected principal of the Dexter high school directly after he graduated and has held that position to the present time. In politics he is a Republican; in religion Universalist. He is a member of Penobscot Lodge of Free Masons, of St. John Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons, both of Dexter. He married, June 26, 1907, Helen Grace, born December 12, 1878, daughter of Job and Amanda Abbott, of Dex- ter. They have one child, Carleton Abbott, born May 4, 1908.
AUSTIN Anthony Austin, immigrant an- cestor, was born in England. He settled first at Rowley, Mas- sachusetts, and was admitted a freeman in Massachusetts in 1669. He removed to Suf- field, Connecticut, where he died in 1708. His wife Esther died there in 1698. Children, born at Rowley: 1. Richard, 1666. 2. Anthony, 1668. 3. John, 1672, mentioned below. Chil- dren, born in Connecticut : 4. Nathaniel, 1678. 5. Elizabeth, 1681, died young. 6. Elizabeth, 1684. 7. Esther, 1686.
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(II) John, son of Anthony Austin, was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, removed when young to Suffield, Connecticut, where he died May, 1737, and where he was a prominent citizen, town clerk, selectman, etc. He mar- ried (first), October 5, 1699, Agnes
who died January 7, 1732-33; (second) Mary Burbank, widow, July 3, 1734. Children: I. Agnes, born January 21, 1701. 2. John, Au- gust 9, 1702, died 1702. 3. Elizabeth, Febru- ary 3, 1703-04. 4. John, May 7, 1706, men- tioned below. 5. Mary, June 27, 1708. 6. James, December 29, 1710. 7. William, March 5. 1712-13. 8. Margaret. 9. Bethia, June 15, 1718.
(III) John (2), son of John (1) Austin, was born in Suffield, Connecticut, May 7, 1706. He settled in Mansfield, Connecticut. There was a John Austin, of Woodstock, in 1756, and on the committee to seat the meeting house at Woodstock in 1790. Children of John and Mary Austin, born in Mansfield: I. John, married, April 21, 1759, Margaret Nelts ; chil- dren : 1. John, born at Mansfield, January 25, 1762 ; ii. James, born June 1, 1764. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. 3. Caleb, of Coventry and Windham. 4. David, born July 5, 1734. 5. Agnes, April 23, 1736. 6. Phillis, January 8, 1737-38. 7. Ruth, October 29, 1739. 8. James, December 19, 1742, died May 22, 1748. 9. Eunice, October 11, 1744.
(IV) Thomas, son of John (2) Austin, ac- cording to the best evidence available, was born in Windham county, Connecticut, about 1730. He resided in Canterbury. Among his chil- dren was Perez, born 1766, mentioned below.
(V) Perez, son of Thomas Austin, was born in Canterbury, 1766. He married, November 16, 1797, Lois Cady, born in Stafford, Con- necticut, February 20, 1779, and died there August 13, 1860, daughter of Jesse and Jeru- sha (Chapin) Cady, granddaughter of Jonas, who was son of Daniel, grandson of James Cady, and great-grandson of the immigrant, Nicholas Cady, who was born in England, set- tled in Watertown, Massachusetts, and bought land and house in partnership with John Knapp, December 8, 1645, and sold his share to him March 6, 1650-51; married Judith Knapp, daughter of William Knapp Sr. Nich- olas Cady removed to Groton, Massachusetts. Children: i. John Cady, born January 15, 1650-51 ; ii. Judith Cady, born September 2, 1653; iii. James Cady, born August 28, 1655, married, June 14, 1678, Hannah Barron, of a famous Irish family : iv. Nicholas Cady, born August 2, 1657. died January 21 following : v. Daniel Cady, born November 27, 1659, re-
sided in Groton; vi. Ezekiel Cady, born June 14, 1662; vii. Nicholas Cady, born February 20, 1663-64. viii. Joseph Cady, born May 28, 166 -. Perez Austin was a blacksmith and wheelwright at Plainfield ; made and repaired wagons and manufactured edge tools (p. 504, Vol. 2 Windham Co.). Children of Perez and Lois Austin : I. Orra, born June 21, 1798, married Marcus Eaton ; died July 10, 1879; had Hannah Eaton, born September 5, 1837. 3. 2. Jesse, March 10, 1800, settled in Ohio. Deborah (twin), July 10, 1802, died unmar- ried, December 11, 1885. 4. David (twin), July 10, 1802, mentioned below. 5. Jerusha, July 7, 1804, married, March 31, 1828, Walter Eaton. 6. Mary, September 6, 1806, married John Willard ; died August 13, 1833. 7. John, December 10, 1808, married, 1827, Samantha Richards; married (second), in 1832, Laura Staples. 8. Emily, September 27, 1811, died April 26, 1887; married Olin Comuner. 9. Henry, June 3, 1814, died unmarried, June 22, 1891. 10. Perez (twin), September 10, 1816, died young. II. Lois (twin), September 10, 1816, died May 10, 1867; married William Cady.
(VI) David, son of Perez Austin, was born July 10, 1802, died November 21, 1860. He was a maker of edged tools, as was his father before him, making axes and knives by hand. He employed a number of men. He lived in Canterbury, Connecticut, until the early thir- ties, when he renioved to Wings Mills, in Mount Vernon, Maine. He married (first), in 1823, Elizabeth (Clark) Getchell, who died in Mount Vernon, July 21, 1847, aged forty- five years. He removed to Belgrade, Maine, and married there a second wife, Betsey Farn- ham, October 5, 1848. He resided in Bel- grade the remainder of his life. He was a prominent citizen; was justice of the peace, notary public and did considerable business in settling estates and conveyancing. Children of first wife: I. William H., born March, 1825, died November 14, 1846. 2. Frank Jesse, No- vember 15, 1826, mentioned below. 3. Eliza- beth, April 9, 1829, died April 12, 1846. 4. Horace, November 15, 1831, died November 6, 1905; married, 1859, Lena Morrill, of Man- chester, Maine; children : i. Lenora, born 1860, married Condé H. Hamlin, of St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives at Hull House, Chicago, Illinois ; ii. Alice, born 1862, photographer at 248 Boylston street, Boston, Massachusetts ; iii. Ida, born 1864, died March 22, 1888; iv. Herbert, born 1868, lives at The Ashland, St. Paul ; v. Mabel, born 1871, married Dr. Elmer E. Southard, of Boston, June 27, 1906, and
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lives at Lincoln avenue, Salem, Massachusetts ; vi. Helen, born 1875, resides at The Ashland, St. Paul. 5. Theresa, March II, 1834, resides at Belgrade Lakes, Maine, married, in Bel- grade, November 4, 1864, Marcellus N. Libby, who died June 12, 1897; children: i. Grace A., born May 21, 1866, died April 6, 1885, at Weld, Maine: ii. Blanche M., born August 17, 1872. died March 9, 1893, at Belgrade. 6. George, November 29, 1837, resides at 1532 Rockefeller avenue, Everett, Washington ; married, 1868, at Great Bend, Pennsylvania, Sophia Presler ; ( second) Ellen Hurd in June, 1895: no children. 7. Lois Cady, July 29, 1839, died August 16, 1902 ; married Henry S. Back, of Minnesota, November 23, 1864; chil- dren: i. Frank H. Back, born in Minnesota. October 20, 1865, lives in Alaska : married, in Spokane, Washington, 1892, Ida Rusk and had one child, Lois Back, born 1894, in Cœur d'Alene. Idaho; ii. Myrtle Austin Back, born June 23, 1868, in Minnesota, married, 1889, Albert Mathewson and had one child, Doris M. Mathewson, born August 19, 1890; mar- ried ( second) Leon S. Avotte, in Rathdrum, Idaho, 1900, and lives at Twin Falls, Idaho ; children by second husband: Austin Ayotte, born July 31. 1902 ; Effie Ayotte, born October 8, 1904. Children of David and his second wife Betsey ( Farnham) Austin: 8. William H., May 22, 1849, lives at Phillips, Maine, su- perintendent of the factory of Austin & Com- pany ; married, November 2, 1873. Octavia Towle. of Belgrade : she died September 17. 1895, and he married (second), October 29, 1902, Lauretta Wentworth; no children. 9. Sidney, April 24, 1851, farmer on the old homestead at Belgrade Lakes, Maine: married Nellie Hammond; no children. 10. Charles David, March 26, 1856, lawyer in the New York Life Building, Minneapolis ; married Ada Van Vleck ; child, Van Vleck. II. Elizabeth, January 7, 1859. lives at Oakland, Maine ; mar- ried Wesley Folsom : no children.
(VII) Frank Jesse, son of David Austin, was born November 15, 1826, died August 4, 1882. He came from Connecticut with his parents when he was six years old, and was educated in the schools at Mount Vernon, Maine. He worked with his father learning the tool making business until he was of age. He then learned the trade of machinist in the railroad shops in Lewiston, Maine, and was engineer for a time on the old Kennebec rail- road. He went to Louisiana as chief engineer on a sugar plantation, but after a year returned in 1854 to Maine. Two years later, in com- pany with David Golden, he started the manu-
facture of spools at Belgrade, Maine, continu- ing until 1864. At this time he went to Port- land and was superintendent for a concern which manufactured spools and spades. In 1865 he removed to Fall River, Massachusetts, and engaged in the manufacture of spools with a Mr. Rockwell, under the firm name of Austin & Rockwell. The next year the firm was dis- solved and he took as a partner B. F. Morrill, and continued business until 1868. He then removed to Weld, Maine, and was in the same business with D. C. Sanborn, as the firm of Austin & Sanborn, and continued there until his death. He resided in Farmington, Maine, with his business at Weld. In politics he was a Republican. He was a charter member and the first master of the Mystic Tie Lodge of Free Masons at Weld, Maine, and a charter member of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons, of Farmington, Maine. He married, in Mansfield, Massachusetts, September, 1854, Achsah Crocker Fillebrown, who died Decem- ber 14, 1907. (See Fillebrown.) Children : I. Mabel Estelle, born November 14, 1856. 2. Frank, January 18, 1865. died August 5, 1865. 3. Harry Bursley, April 30, 1866, mentioned below.
(VIII) Harry Bursley, son of Frank Jesse Austin, was born at Farmington Falls, Maine, April 30, 1866. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of Farmington, graduating in 1883 from the Farmington high school in the first class graduating from that school. He entered Bowdoin College, from which he was grad- uated in 1887. He succeeded to the spool man- ufactory of his father at Weld, Maine, and conducted that business from 1887 to 1896, when he moved the plant to Phillips, Maine, where he has continued in the same line of business to the present time, under the firm name of Austin & Company, his partner being his sister. In politics Mr. Austin is a Republi- can and he has represented his party in various nominating conventions. He was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Conven- tion in 1900 and district delegate to the Re- publican National Convention of 1904. He is a member of the Blue Mountain Lodge of Free Masons of Phillips ; of Franklin Chapter, Roy- al Arch Masons, of Farmington; past com- mander of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, of Farmington ; of Jephtha Council, Royal and Select Masters, and of Kora Tem- ple, Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston. In religion he is liberal. Mr. Austin married, October I, 1890, Dora Lizzie Hillman, born July 14, 1865, died September 17. 1899. He married ( sec- ond), June 1, 1904, Bertha Mary True, born
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October 14, 1881 .. Children of first wife: I. Ruth Hillman, born November 8, 1891, at Weld, Maine. 2. Frank, September 16, 1899, died January 13, 1900.
Thomas (1) Fillebrown,
FILLEBROWN immigrant ancestor, was living in Charlestown, Massachusetts, as early as 1658. He married Anna -, and died June 7, 1713, aged eighty-two years. She died March 31, 1714, aged eighty two years. Both are buried in the cemetery at Cambridge, Massachusetts, their graves being marked by stones. Children : Mary, Thomas, mentioned below ; Anna, Han- nah, John.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) Fille- brown, was born December 11, 1658 or 1663. He married, December 19, 1688, Rebecca Cut- ter. His son Isaac was appointed administra- tor of his estate, June 7, 1736. Children : Thomas, mentioned below; Anna, Isaac, Re- becca, John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Abigail.
(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Fil- lebrown. was born September 18, 1689, in Charlestown, and died in Mansfield, Massa- chusetts, November 19. 1782. He resided in Weston and Norton, Massachusetts. He mar- ried (first). December 9, 1713, Isabel Cutter. He married (second), December 14, 1720, Jo- anna Eddy, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Meade) Eddy, of Watertown. Children, all by second wife: 1. Abigail, born July 13, 1721. 2. Samuel, baptized March 3, 1722-23. 3. Lydia, baptized when a week old, August, 1725. 4. James, mentioned below.
(IV) James (I), son of Thomas (3) Fille- brown, was born April 7, 1728, and baptized April 14, 1728. He married (first) Susanna -; ( second) Mary . He was in the revolution as private on the muster and pay roll of Captain Jolin Dean's company, made up from the third and seventh companies in the fourth Bristol county regiment, which marched December 8, 1778, on the alarm in Rhode Island. He died at Taunton, Massa- chusetts, October 29, 1797. Children by first wife : Susanna ; James, mentioned below ; Cal- vin, Jerusha, Luther. Children of second wife : Thomas, Alexander, Bethuel, Hepzibah, Sarah. (V) James (2), son of James (I) Fille- brown, was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, February 10, 1757. He was a soldier in the revolution and served as private in Captain Abiel Clapp's company, which marched on the Lexington alarm. April 19. 1775. He was among the men raised to reinforce the Conti- nental army for six months. He is described
as twenty-two years old, five feet nine inches tall, complexion dark, residence, Mansfield. He marched to camp under Captain Hancock, reported corporal, July 14, 1780, and was dis- charged December 19, 1780. He made appli- cation July 13, 1832, for a pension, which was allowed for fifteen months and seventeen days actual service as a private in the Massachu- setts troops. He removed to Readfield, Maine, about 1807, and died there April 4, 1838. He married Matilda Williams, of Easton, Massa- chusetts, who died April 6, 1838. Both are buried at Readfield. Their family Bible is in the possession of C. L. Fillebrown. Children : I. Abiah, born August 26, 1783. 2. James, June 5, 1786, died July 1, 1850. 3. Benjamin, August 21, 1788, died January 29, 1816. 4. Susanna, March 8, 1791. 5. Thomas, May 6, 1793. 6. Luther, October 31, 1795, died May 28, 1876. 7. Jerusha. June 27, 1799. 8. Ru- dolphus, March 7, 1802, mentioned below. 9. Jolın, December 15, 1804, died October 31, 1814. 10. Achsah, May 20, 1808. 11. Matilda, November 16, 1810.
(VI) Rudolphus, son of James (2) Fille- brown, was born March 7, 1802. He married Mary Champney, born November 11, 1802, died October 23, 1866. Children : I. Rozanna Howard, born August 26, 1827, died June 5, 1876. 2. Mary Matilda. 3. Achsalı Crocker, born December 20, 1831, married Frank Jesse Austin. (See Austin family.) 4. Dorothy. 5. John Rudolphus, born April 20, 1835, died April 28, 1839. 6. Caroline. 7. Joshua Milton, born March 20, 1839, died May 1, 1840. 8. George Milford. 9. Charles Hazen, born February 8, 1844, died April 22, 1846.
Family tradition states that three
BAKER brothers named Baker settled in Maine, one in Washington coun- ty, one on Sandy river, and one at Alma in Lincoln county.
(I) Prince Baker, born July 18, 1742, died March 24, 1829. He married ( first), Decem -. ber 15, 1770. Experience Gould, born Novem- ber 13, 1752, died April 9, 1803. Married (second), October 27, 1803, Thankful May- hew, born December 21, 1770, died December 28, 1827. Children of first wife: I. Abel, born April 18, 1772, died August 17. 1837. 2. Sarah, June 5, 1773. 3. Prince, April 12, 1775, died July 14, 1799. 4. Elisha, January 31, 1777. 5. Experience, October 5, 1778, died July 13, 1851. 6. Daniel, November 3, 1780. 7. Snow, January 22, 1783, see forward. 8. William, August 12, 1785. 9. Amelia, March 5, 1788, died December, 1840. 10. Elizabeth,
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April 15, 1790. 11. Joshua, May 5, 1792. 12. John, October 16, 1794, died January 12, 1803. Children of second wife: 13. Thomas Jeffer- son, November 4, 1804, died August 24, 1807. 14. James Sullivan, November 4, 1804, died October 8, 1805. 15. Thankful Mayhew, Oc- tober 31, 1808, married, June 16, 1835, Turner B. Hilton, born April 14, 1810 : children: i. Thankful Elizabeth, born September 17, 1836. died October 4, 1836; ii. Prince Edgar, July 17, 1840; iii. Ard Augustine, June 12, 1843 ; iv. Henry Oscar, September 12, 184 -.
(II) Snow, son of Prince and Experience (Gould ) Baker, was born January 22, 1783. He resided at Alna, Bristol and Boothbay. He learned the trade of millwright, and after working at his trade for some years bought and operated a tide mill at Boothbay. He mar- ried Abby Plummer, a native of Alna, Maine, daughter of John and Susannah (Longfellow) Plummer, the former of whom came from New Hampshire in the early part of 1700, and the latter came from Palermo, Maine. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Plummer were: Jo- seph, Moses, John, Nathaniel. Nathan, Samtiel, Jeremiah. Nancy, Lydia, Abby and two other daughters. Mr. Plummer was a millwright and the owner of a mill which he operated un- til it was burned and then returned to his trade. He was a Republican, a Methodist and a member of Bristol Lodge, No. 74, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bristol. Children of Snow and Abby ( Plummer ) Baker : I. El- bridge, born in Newcastle, died in Lubec. 2. Daniel, died in Augusta. 3. Susan, married Hartley Erskine, of Newcastle. 4. John Plum- mer, see forward. 5. Nancy, married Frank- lin Tukey. 6. Snow, married and lived in Boothbay. 7. A daughter who died young. 8. Charles Wesley, who went to California in 1849 and never returned.
(III) John Plummer, third son of Snow and Abby (Plummer) Baker, was born in Alna, Maine, May 15, 1816, died November 23, 1885. He was educated in the common schools, and the greater part of his life was engaged in the milling business in Newcastle and Bristol. In politics he was a Republican. He married, October 18, 1841, Abby Williams Ford (see Ford VIII), born in Marshfield, Massachu- setts, June 30, 1820, died May 8, 1908, dauglı- ter of Deacon Benjamin F. and Nabby ( Sim- mons) Ford, of Marshfield, who moved to Bristol Mills and settled in 1828. Mr. Ford was for fifty years a deacon in the Congrega- tional church (see Ford). Children of John P. and Abby W. (Ford) Baker: I. Augusta, died a spinster at the age of fifty years. 2.
Edward L., married Beulah Mosely ; she was a passenger on the ill-fated steamer "Port- land," which foundered with all on board be- tweent Boston and Portland, November, 1898; she left two children : i. Hattie Carr, married Alexander Hamilton; two children: Winni- fred and Donald ; ii. Erven W. 3. Clarence A., see forward. 4. Charles Wesley, married Mary Ella Davis ; one child, Winnifred Cornelia, a graduate of Wellesley College. 5. Annie How- land, unmarried.
(IV) Dr. Clarence Atwood, second son of John P. and Abby W. (Ford) Baker, was born in North Newcastle, Lincoln county, Maine, January 3, 1852. He acquired his edu- cation in the common schools, at Lincoln Academy and Bowdoin College, from which latter institution he graduated in 1878, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the suc- ceeding four years he mastered the medical course in the Maine Medical College and was graduated Doctor of Medicine in 1882. He established himself in practice in the city of Portland, where he soon had a large and pay- ing business. In 1887 he went to Europe for the purposes of study, which he pursued in the hospitals and medical institutions of Edin- burgh, Vienna, Berlin and London, for eight- een months, taking the regular post-graduate course at Edinburgh. In the winter of 1888- 89 he returned to Portland and resumed prac- tice, in which he has become very successful and well known. He is a member of the Cum- berland County Medical Association, the Maine Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Medicine, and the British Gynecological So- ciety. In politics he is a Republican. For some time he was a member of the Portland school board. He is a member of St. Paul's Church (Episcopal) of Portland, of which he is senior warden. In 1873 he was made a Ma- son in Bristol Lodge of Bristol, No. 74, Free and Accepted Masons, and has since become a member of Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter, St. Alban Commandery, No. 8, Knights Tem- plar, Portland Council, Royal and Select Mas- ters, and Maine Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, in which he is a thirty-second degree member.
Dr. Clarence A. Baker married, in Provi- dence, Rhode Island, June 4, 1884, Mary Au- gusta Whitman, born in Anthony, town of Coventry, Rhode Island, September 26, 1854, daughter of Thomas Arnold and Mary Au- gusta (Rice) Whitman, of Natick, Warwick. Her ancestry is traced from George Wight- man as follows :
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(I) George Wightman, of Kingston, Rhode Island, was born in 1632, and died in 1722, aged ninety years. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Gilbert Updike.
(II) George (2), son of George (1) and Elizabeth (Updike) Wightman, was born I, 8, 1673. and died in 1761. His wife's baptismal name was Elizabeth.
(III) John, son of George (2) and Eliza- beth Wightman, was born about 1701 ; mar- ried, 6, 14, 1722, Phebe, daughter of Thomas Harms, and resided in Warwick, Rhode Is- land.
(IV) Elisha (1). son of John and Phebe ( Harms) Wightman, spelled his name Wight- man or Whitman. He was born 12. 13, 1728. married, 2, 27, 1752, Sybil, daughter of Mar- tin Salisbury, of Warwick, and was of Crans- ton.
(V) Elisha ( 2). son of Elisha ( 1) and Sy- bil (Salisbury ) Whitman, was born 6, 4. 1769, married, 6, 19. 1790, Elizabeth, born 9, 14, 1766, daughter of Stephen Arnold.
(VI) Christopher Arnold, son of Elisha (2) and Elizabeth ( Arnold) Whitman, was born 5, 25, 1795, married, 1, 20, 1822, Betsey Arnold, born 9, 24, 1803, died 10, 27, 1855. He died 3, 30, 1869. Children : Mary Elizabeth, Thom- as Arnold, Louisa Sisson, Lydia, Ann Frances and Sarah Gorton.
(VII) Thomas Arnold, son of Christopher A. and Betsey ( Arnold) Whitman, was born 9, 24, 1824. in Anthony, Rhode Island, and was first employed as a clerk in a store. Later he became a clerk in the Coventry Savings Bank. where he finally was advanced to be cashier, which position he held until his death, June 24, 1874. He was a Republican ; was a member of the school committee, selectman and representative in the legislature. He was also prominent in Masonry. He married Mary Augusta Rice. Their children were: Almira Sprague, married Walter B. Swarts, of Provi- dence, Rhode Island. Mary Augusta, wife of Dr. Clarence A. Baker, aforementioned. Eliza- beth Arnold, died single at the age of twenty- three.
Betsey (Arnold) Whitman, wife of Chris- topher Arnold Whitman, is descended as fol- lows :
(I) Stephen Arnold was born 12, 22, 1622, married, 11, 24, 1646, and died 11, 15, 1699.
(II) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (1) Ar- nold, was born 11. 27, 1654. married, 1, 12, 1688, and died 3, 1, 1720.
(III) Philip, son of Stephen (2) Arnold, was born 2, 12, 1693, married, 6, 10, 1714.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Philip Arnold, was
born 1, 6, 1722, married in 1748, and died 2, 25, 1799.
(V) Thomas, son of Benjamin Arnold, was born in 1759, married. 5. 1, 1796, Sarah Gor- ton, and died 10, 8, 1820. Betsey, aforemen- tioned, was their daughter.
This family is one of those which
FORD are mentioned by writers as "first comers"; only those who arrived in New England in the first three ships being thus characterized.
(I) Widow Foord (Ford) came to Massa- chusetts in the "Fortune" in 1621, with three children : William, Martha and John. His- tory states that she gave birth to a child the next night after landing ; but perhaps it soon died.
(II) Deacon William Ford, probably a son of Widow Ford, was born in 1594, and died September 28, 1676. He was a miller, was of Marshfield in 1639, and established a mill on the site known as "Dunham's Mill." His resi- dence was near llavelly beach. He was at Duxbury in 1643, and sold land there to F. West in 1661. Ile was also an original pro- prietor of Bridgewater. He married Ann, who died September 1, 1684. Their four children were : William. Michael, Margaret and Milli- cent.
(III) Michael, son of William and Ann Ford, resided in Marshfield, and died in 1721. He married (first), December 12, 1667, Abi- gail, daughter of Anthony and Abigail (War- ren ) Snow, of Plymouth, who died with two infant daughters. June 26, 1682. He married (second). in 1683. Bethia, daughter of Walter Hatch, of Scituate, who died 1728. The chil- dren by the first wife were: Lydia, Hannah, William, Elizabeth, James, Abigail and Pa- tience. The children of second wife were: Thomas, Deborah, Susanna, Bathsheba, Bethia, Ephraim, Elizabeth, Elisha, Mehitable, Martha.
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