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(III) Jonas (3), third son and child of Dea- con Jonas (2) and Martha Humphrey, was born in Weymouth, February 24, 1655, died October 30, 1689. He was the first child born after the family removed to Weymouth and al- ways resided in that town. He took part in the Indian campaign of 1675, against King Philip, being a member of Captain Johnson's com- pany. He was an industrious and provident man and left an estate valued at one thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, which was ad- ministered by his widow. He married Mary, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Phillips, of Weymouth, and his widow afterward be- came the second wife of Peter Newcomb, of Braintree. Children: 1. Jonas, see forward. 2. James, born in Weymouth, is mentioned as married in the will of his grandfather, and in a deed of 1710 is styled of Boston. 3. Mary, born in Weymouth, April 18, 1688.
(IV) Jonas (4), eldest child of Jonas (3) and Mary ( Phillips ) Humphrey, was born in Weymouth, September 3, 1684, died in 1761. He was a weaver by occupation and also a tan-
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ner and very accurate in the management of his affairs. In farming matters he made many im- provements. "He began with the potato crop, which was nearly new in the new settlement at that time, and raised in one year a bushel and a half, which was a wonderment to all about him what he could do with so many potatoes." He resided in Weymouth all his life. He married (first) Martha , who died June 22, 1712, and had one child: John, see forward. He married (second) Mary Neal, who died in 1766. Their children, born in Weymouth, were: I. Mary, February 26, 1716, married, March 25, 1745, John, son of John and Patience Green, and had children : Rachel, Mary and John. 2. Martha, April 5, 1717, married, January 16, 1734, Matthew, son of John and Dorothy (Pratt) Whitman, and had children: Joseph, Hannah, Jesse, Sarah and Mary. 3. Samuel, February 24, 1719, died May 16, 1725. 4. Hannah, Feb- ruary 10, 1720, died April 8, 1725. 5. Samuel, June 7, 1728, died November 10, 1800; he married (first ), November 7, 1751, Sarah, born August 31, 1727, died in 1772, daughter of Samnel and Mary Phillips ; children : Sarah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph and Sarah. He married (second), April 7, 1774, Sarah, born August 24, 1730, died September 17, 1811, daughter of John and Deborah (Whit- marsh) Tirrell, and widow of Ebenezer Bick- nell Jr. 6. James, April 18, 1732, died about 1852.
(V) John (1), only child of Jonas (4) and Martha Humphrey, was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, February 17, 1710, died Febru- ary 24, 1782. Little is known of him beyond the fact that he was not in affluent circum- stances. He married (published October 15, 1738) Mary Penny ; children, all born in Wey- mouth : 1. Hannah, May 17, 1740, died young. 2. Betty, July 3, 1742, died 1835; married (published March 7, 1767) Jonathan, born August 23, 1739, died in 1816, son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Derby) Blanchard; children : William, Elizabeth, Lydia, Rebecca, Mary, Anna, John and Hannah. 3. John, see forward. 4. William, March 22, 1747, died probably about 1751. 5. James, June 17, 1750, died Sep- tember 12, 1836 ; married (first) Mary Twitch- ell, born in 1752, died July 7, 1787 ; children : James, William, Rachel, Mary, Rebecca, Mar- tha, James, Hannah and Jerusha. He mar- ried (second) Jerusha Hayden ; children : Jo- nas, John, William, Jerusha, Clement, Shad- rach, Meshach, Shadrach, Abigail Libby and Azariah. 6. Eunice, December 11, 1752, mar- ried Samuel Brimhall; children : Samuel,
Polly, Mehetabel, Hannah, Betsey, Elisha, Eunice, Joshua, Jonas and Joel. 7. Jonas, No- vember 18, 1754, was in Arnold's expedition to Quebec and afterward re-enlisted and was killed in the battle of White Plains, New York, during the revolutionary war. 8. Mary, March 14, 1757. 9. Hannah, March 18, 1759, married Benjamin, son of Moses and Kezia (Cady) Winters; children: Amanda, Jonas and Tirzah. 10. Martha, February 24, 1761, married, July 9, 1783, Nathaniel Belcher ; children: Martha, Annie, John, Nathaniel, Jonas and Joseph. 11. Silence, March 30, 1762, married James Bailey ; children : Han- nah, Betsey, John, James, Lucretia, Solomon, Levi, Baxter and David.
(VI) John (2), third child and eldest son of John (1) and Mary (Penny) Humphrey, was born in Weymouth, December 21, 1744, died in Gray, Maine, September 14, 1833. He moved to Gray (then New Boston) in 1771. He be- came one of the leading citizens of the town and was a deacon in the Congregational church. He married (first) Mary Hayden ; children : 1. Oliver, see forward. 2. Moses, a deacon, married Annie Westcott. 3. Aaron, born in 1770, died October 10, 1858; he was a clergyman and home missionary, and was first connected with Methodism, afterward taking orders in the Episcopal church; he was engaged in ministerial work for more than fifty years; married Ashure, daughter of Asa and Abigail (Colbroth ) Libby, of Gray, Maine. 4. Olive, married Crockett. 5. Han- nah, born in Gray, April 5, 1777, married, February I, 1802, Samuel A., born in Gray, February 21, 1779, son of John and Elizabeth (or May) (Andrews) Nash; children: Ari H., David, Barzillai, Lewis, Sarah and Mary J. John Humphrey married (second) Rachel Twitchell. He married (third), when very old, Widow Ruth (Lord) Doughty ; children : I. Mary, married - Daniels ; she removed to Ohio and died there. 2. Annie, married - Fergeron, and lived in Gray, Maine.
(VII) Oliver, eldest child of John (2) and Mary (Hayden) Humphrey, was born in Gray, where he was a deacon in the Methodist church. He married Betsey, daughter of Asa and Abigail (Colbroth) Libby ; children : I. John, born in Gray, removed to Hampden; married (first) Sally Young, (second) Sally Batchelder ; his children, the first five of whom were born in Gray, were: Cyrus, Lydia, Louisa, Aphia, George and Joseph. 2. Asa, see forward. 3. Mary, married John Batch- elder and lived in Hampden, Maine. 4. Sally, died May 29, 1858; married, March 16, 1817,
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Isaac, born in Falmouth, Maine, April 1, 1794, son of Arthur and Mary (Allen) Libby ; chil- dren : Mary, Betsey, Catherine, Lucinda, El- bridge, Asenath, Susan, Isaac, Joseph, Caro- line and Daniel. 5. Aaron, married Louisa Fogg, and resided in Portland, Maine. 6. Moses, married Harriet Batchelder and re- sided in Hampden, Maine. 7. Elias, married -- Noble and resided in Pittsfield, Maine. 8. Abigail, married Aaron Jacobs and also re- sided in Pittsfield, Maine.
(VIII) Asa, second son and child of Oliver and Betsey (Libby) Humphrey, was born April 13, 1792, in Gray. He was taken pris- oner by the British during the war of 1812 and lay in Dartmouth prison for two years, when he was released and returned to Gray. There he resided until within five years of his death, at which time he removed to Windham, Maine, where he died March 29, 1870. He married, May 24, 1818, Asenath, who died February 1, 1879, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Rounds) Fogg, of Portland, Maine. Chil- dren : 1. Ira, born in Gray, July 4, 1819, re- sided in Cumberland, Maine; married, March 14, 1844, Cynthia Jane, born February 18, 1824, daughter of Ephraim and Carrie (Hicks) Morrison ; children : John B., Oliver and Eunice. 2. Hiram, born in Gray, May 12, 1821, resided in Boston from whence he went to New Mexico and engaged in the selling and setting up of brick machines ; married, Decem- ber 25, 1846, Aurelia, born October 4, 1824, daughter of Alexander and Barbara (Win- slow ) Whitney ; children : Melville, Augustus, Nelson Fogg, Ada, Mary and Ellena. 3. La- vina, born in Gray, October 31, 1824, married, 1846, William F., born in Windham, Maine, April 5, 1821, son of James and Hannah (Lowell) Hall; children: Alfreda H., James A., Albina C. and Georgia A. 4. Henry Pen- nell, see forward. 5. Lucinda Russell, born in Portland, Maine, May 31, 1830, married, February 28, 1860, Joseph, born in Windham, Maine, May 17, 1836, son of John J. and Sarah ( Perley ) Hussey ; no children. 6. Aaron, born in Portland, January 14, 1833, was a miner, unmarried, and resided in Colo- rado. 7. Nelson Fogg, born in Gray, March 20, 1835, was a seaman, and died unmarried.
(IX) Henry Pennell, third son and fourth child of Asa and Asenath (Fogg) Humphrey, was born in Gray, Maine, July 9, 1827, and died January, 1891. His occupation was that of shoemaking and he resided in Lowell, Mas- sachusetts. He married (first) January 9, 1845, Augusta Moody, born December 29, 1816, died August 13, 1853, daughter of Rev.
Daniel and Susan (Buxton) Weston, of Gray. Children: 1. Susan Weston, born in Yar- mouth, Maine, died September 18, 1846. 2. Susan Augusta, born in Yarmouth, March 5, 1847, married, October 31, 1869, Melvin Por- ter, son of Alpheus and Naomi (Stimson) Frank (see Frank).
The family of Rich is a long time RICH resident of southwest Maine, and among its numerous members are a number of men of wealth and prominence.
(I) Artemas Rich was born December 31, 1801, died April 20, 1870. He married, at Yarmouth, Dorcas Loring Ring (see Ring VII), born August 5, 1804, died October 9, 1846, daughter of Andrew and Lucy (Loring) Ring, of North Yarmouth. Their children were: Marshall N., Charles Ring, Francis Gardner, Mary Augusta (died young) and Mary Lyman.
(II) Marshall Nye, eldest child of Artemas and Dorcas Loring ( Ring) Rich, born in Free- port, October 24, 1830, died in Portland, De- cember 25, 1902. He was educated in the common schools of Freeport and Yarmouth, and in 1848 removed from the latter place to Portland, and soon afterward entered the printing establishment of Brown Thurston & Company, to learn the business. In 1854 he became bookkeeper for John A. Poor and manager of the State of Maine, newspaper. Subsequently he engaged in the job printing business on his own account, and in the pub- lication of that journal which he purchased at a later date. In 1859 he removed to Balti- more, Maryland, to accept a position with the late George W. Porter, and as assistant on the staff of the Journal of Commerce. After the demoralization of business there consequent to the outbreak of the war of the rebellion, he returned in 1861 to Portland and assumed the management of the Commercial News Room in the Fox block on Middle street, and in company with Brown Thurston commenced the publication of the Portland Price Current and the Shipping List. In the forepart of 1862, at the suggestion of Mr. Rich, the Com- mercial News Room united its interests with the Board of Trade, and opened the present Merchants' Exchange Room on Exchange street, now conducted under the auspices of the Board of Trade. The publication of the Price Current continued for ten years, until Mr. Rich was appointed by Governor Washburn, in 1867, deputy collector of customs at Port- land, which office he held nearly nine years. He was president of the Mercantile Library
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Association in 1872, and of the Maine Press Association in 1880-81. He was elected secre- tary of the Portland Board of Trade in Janu- ary, 1864, and every year after that time he was unanimously re-elected to this position as long as he lived. He served through the ad- ministration of all the presidents with the ex- ception of President Brown, and with this long uninterrupted service, had the distinction of being in point of service the oldest board of trade secretary in the country. During all these years he was also managing director of the Merchants' Exchange, a position which brought with it many onerous duties, and for which more than the ordinary qualifications are required. In connection with his work in the Board of Trade he had also compiled and pub- lished several statistical reports upon the con- dition of the trade and commerce at the port of Portland. From the time of its foundation in 1888, he was the editor of the Board of Trade Journal. He was also the secretary of the Maine State Board of Trade from its formation in 1889.
It may almost be said that he devoted his life to the Portland Board of Trade, which he had the pleasure of seeing grow from a very small organization to one of the most powerful associations of business men in the United States. Mr. Rich was one of the most active of those who were interested in the construc- tion of the Grand Trunk, or rather the Atlan- tic & St. Lawrence railroad. As a mere boy he was in the company of John A. Poor, al- most constantly, and it is not strange that he became filled with the enthusiasm of the ardent promoter of railroad enterprises. Later on, in 1867, it was Mr. Rich who sent out the postal cards which called together the men who first took hold of the Portland & Ogdensburg scheme and made it possible that that road should be built. Again when fire devastated the Grand Trunk property in 1874 the Board of Trade took hold of the matter and proceed- ed to raise funds necessary to rebuild better than ever before. Again it was the Board of Trade which assumed the management of the plans to build the newest Grand Trunk ele- vator accommodations and put it through to its final state of completeness. The subject of harbor dredging and improvements was one in which Mr. Rich was always deeply inter- ested, and his memory was a mine of informa- tion in regard to happenings on sea and on land connected with Casco Bay and its islands. The last achievement in which Mr. Rich had a share was the establishment of the through train service between Portland and New York,
although this was accomplished more in his capacity as secretary of the State Board of Trade. He conducted a wide correspondence with persons in all parts of the country, and was one of the best known men in his line of business in the world, as his name had gone abroad in all sorts of documents, all bearing the name of Portland and the imprint of the seal of the Portland Board of Trade. . His sin- gularly retentive memory enabled him to give even minute details of events of years ago, and this coupled with his agreeable disposition and never failing courtesy made him a very pleasing person for any one to meet who sought to know anything connected with the history and business interests of Portland.
At a special meeting of the Board of Trade on Saturday morning following the death of Mr. Rich, the following resolutions were passed : "A busy life has suddenly closed. While in full possession of all his faculties and with interest unabated, Marshall N. Rich has unexpectedly been called to lay down his cares and burdens and has passed on. By the death of Mr. Rich the Portland Board of Trade has lost a valued member and a most efficient officer. For nearly forty years he has served as its secretary and has brought to that office patient industry and unfaltering de- votion. To his great attention to detail has been due much of the readiness with which business of the board has been promptly dis- patched. Mr. Rich was thoroughly alive to everything which pertained to the prosperity of the city and of the state. No matter which promised to redound to their good escaped his attention and no enterprise whether of magni- tude or seemingly of minor importance was passed unnoticed. Every suggestion was sure of cordial reception and careful consideration. His urbanity and courtesy made him well known throughout the state and the summer tourist was always sure of kind treatment and valuable information."
In political faith Mr. Rich was a firm and consistent Republican ; in religious convictions he was a Universalist and attended the Con- gress Square church for many years. He was made a Mason in Ancient Landmark Lodge in 1859, at the age of twenty-eight. He was senior deacon in 1863 and marshal in 1864. He was exalted in Mt. Vernon Chap- ter, became a member of Portland Council, Royal and Select Masters, after his return from Baltimore, and was knighted in Portland Commandery. He passed through the chairs of Mt. Vernon Chapter, was high priest in 1869. and for many years served as one of
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the members of the finance committee of that body, and as a member of the committee of inquiry of Portland Commandery. He was also a member of Ligonia Lodge and Eastern Star Encampment of Odd Fellows, joining the Lodge in 1872 and the Encampment in the same year, on December 30, so that had he lived a week longer he might have celebrated his thirtieth anniversary of the Odd Fellows Encampment.
Marshall N. Rich married, in Portland, No- vember 7, 1855, Phebe H. Ulrick, born in Portland, August 28, 1835, died March 27, I902. She was the daughter of John and Sallie Richards Ulrick. John Ulrick, born in Hamburg, Germany; Sallie Richards, born in Portland, Maine. The children of this union were : William Clifford, Ida Florence, Edith Adalena, Mildred Porter, Herman Marshall, Maurice Clayton and Maude Lisba (twins). William Clifford, born November 23, 1858, died May 2, 1899. Ida Florence, born in Bal- timore, July 26, 1860, died December 22, 1861. Edith Adalena, born September 14, 1862. Mildred Porter, born September 2, 1865, mar- ricd, May 29, 1889, Charles H. Bailey, of Portland. Herman M., born February 1, 1869, married, April 12, 1899, Lillian Gertrude Dinsmore, of Boston, Massachusetts. Maurice C., mentioned below. Maude Lisba, born May 19, 1871, married, October 12, 1897, Augustus Perry Brigham, of Salem, Massachusetts, and died in Portland, Maine, January 27, 1899.
(III) Maurice Clayton, sixth child and youngest son of Marshall N. and Phebe ( Ul- rick) Rich, was born in Portland, May 19, IS71. He was educated in the public schools of Portland, leaving the high school at the age of seventeen years. He then turned his attention to business pursuits and became a clerk in the Portland Board of Trade and Merchants' Exchange rooms, where he served a year. At the end of that time he took a po- sition in the banking house of W. P. Rice & Company, of State street, Boston, and re- mained there until the firm went out of busi- ness a year later, 1890. Mr. Rich next be- came associated in business with John C. Page, who then had the most extensive fire insur- ance agency in the United States. After pass- ing two years in business with Mr. Page, Mr. Rich responded to the request of his father and returned to Portland, and again entered the employ of the Board of Trade, as an as- sistant secretary. In that capacity he rendered service until the death of his father, December 25, 1902. At a special meeting of the Board called on the next day, Maurice C. Rich was
unanimously elected secretary to fill out the unexpired term of his father. The annual elec- tion was held two weeks later, and he was elected secretary, a position to which he has been annually re-elected to the present time (1908). Mr. Rich was active in securing a building of its own for the permanent home of the Board of Trade, and was a prominent, energetic, industrious and most efficient mem- ber of the committee formed for the purpose of raising funds necessary to secure the suc- cess of the project which had for a long time been contemplated. Later he was equally ef- ficient as a member of the house committee, to which was entrusted the task of remodeling the building to fit the desires of the Board. Besides attending to his duties as secretary Mr. Rich holds the position of editor of the Board of Trade Journal, which is without question the peer of any publication of its kind in this country. He is also actively interested in the Board of Trade Journal printing estab- lishment. As a member of the Maine and the New England Trade Press Associations he is prominent and active. He was the Maine cor- respondent of the New England Grocer from 1894 to 1901, when his increasing duties com- pelled him to relinquish that position. In poli- tics Mr. Rich has been identified with the Re- publican party ever since he attained his ma- jority. In religion he is a Universalist, and is an attendant at the Congress Square church. He is an untiring worker and a diligent stu- dent, leaving himself little time for amuse- ment. Maurice C. Rich married, in New York, April 4, 1908, Katherine Alberta Mac- kenzie, born in St. Stephens, New Brunswick, September 26, ISSI.
The earliest settlers of this name in RING New England are those mentioned in the following sketch, although they were soon succeeded by John and Rob- ert Ring, who came in the "Bevis" and settled in Salisbury in 1638. That the Rings of this sketch were persons of character and standing is evidenced by their marriages into some of the leading New England families. That their descendants in revolutionary times and after were patriotic and brave is shown by their record in the wars of the country. The energy and thrift of the ancestors still shows in their descendants.
(I) Mary Ring, widow, with three children -Susan, Andrew and Elizabeth-came in 1629 from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts. She made hier will there October 28, 1633, and died soon after.
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(II) Andrew, son of Mary Ring, was born in 1616, and was about thirteen years old when he came with his mother to Massachusetts. By the terms of his mother's will he was left to the care of Elder Fuller. In 1646 he was made freeman. His name is on the list of voters of Plymouth, December 10, 1646, and March, 1651. Among "The names of those that have interest and properties in the Townes land att Punckateesett over against Road Iland," is that of Andrew Ringe. In 1661 "A small pcell of swamp or meddow is gruanted joyntly unto Andrew Ringe and Abraham Jackson lying att the south meddow at the further end of the Cove." October 27, 1662, the name of Andrew Ringe is found among "the names of such as desire meddow att the new found meddow in the south side of Turkey Swamp." He "desired a peece of meddow ly- ing southerly from the cedar bridge." Febru- ary, 1663, at this meeting "A little peece of swamp was graunted unto Andrew Ringe lying between the pond on the backside the fort hill and Gabriell ffallowells ffence." At a town meeting held at the meeting house at Plymouth, October 14, 1674, Andrew Ringe and Jonathan Barnes were appointed by the town to see unto and procure Mr. Cotton's maintenance. In the same record are "the names of the men that engaged to draw wood," and opposite the name of Andrew Ringe is marked "8 load." At the town meet- ing held at the meeing house at Plymouth, September 17, 1677, "The Towne have Graunt- ed unto Andrew Ringe a small psell of upland near his house about halfe an acree more or lesse to plant an orchyard or otherwise to use as he shall see Cause." In 1654 Andrew Ringe received a grant of a parcel of meadow "upon Craine Brooks by Josiah Pratt's so it exceed not six Acrees." At a town meeting held February 10, 1643, it was voted "Stephen Wood and Andrew Ring are to repair the herring wear and to have it for three years next ensuing and are to have 14 pence per thousand for drawing the fish and delivering out the shares during the said term." Andrew Ringe was appointed to serve on the grand jury May 17, 1649; May 12, 1669; May 16, 1673; May 15, 1677; May 27, 1681 ; and May 24, 1674, was appointed one of a committee of three to prohibit "the cutting and trans- porting any bark out of the township; great spoil and strip of timber is made on the town's commons by that means." I11 1640 Andrew Ringe owned land in what was afterward called Ring's Lane in Plymouth. "Andrew Ring was a man of influence in Plymouth Col-
ony. He was among the first settlers în Mid- dleboro, and in King Philip's War his name appears as one who served from Middleboro. He was included among the Twenty-six Men's Purchase, and Sixteen Shilling purchasers." A list of the names of the Proprietors of the liberties of the township of "Middleberry" taken at "Plimouth" at a meeting of the main or major part of the proprietors "the 28th of June Anno Doma. 1677, includes the name of Andrew Ring who is credited with 'I propri- tation.'" He died in Middleboro in 1692, in his seventy-fifth year. He married (first) 1646, Deborah, daughter of Stephen Hopkins, the Pilgrim; (second) Lettys, widow of John Morton. The children, all by the first wife, were: William, Eleazer, Mary, Deborah and Elizabeth.
(III) Eleazer, second son of Andrew and Deborah (Hopkins) Ring, is mentioned in a list of the proprietors of the Twenty-six Men's Purchase, in 1690, as jointly in possession with his brother of the share of Andrew Ring, his father. He married, January 1I, 1687, Mary Shaw, by whom he had : Andrew, Phebe, Sam- uel, Deborah, Mary, Jonathan, Susanna and Elkanah.
(IV) Andrew (2), eldest child of Eleazer and Mary (Shaw) Ring, born 1696, died 1744, was a mariner in the county of Plym- outh, Massachusetts, and removed thence to North Yarmouth, Maine, about 1729. He was a large real estate owner in North Yarmouth on the western side of Royalls river, and later his son Eleazer made extensive conveyances of real estate for farms and building lots. A house he occupied but did not build is still standing. Andrew Ring married Zeruiah, fourth child of Ebenezer, a grandson of Cap- tain Myles Standish, the famous Puritan sol- dier. The first wife of the latter was Rose -- , who died January 29, 1621 ; his second wife was Barbara -, and they were the parents of Alexander, Myles, Captain Josiah, Charles, Lora and John. Alexander, eldest child of Captain Myles and Barbara Standish, married (first) Sarah Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullanes) Alden, who bore him: Miles, Ebenezer, Lorah, Lydia, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth. He married (second) Desire, daughter of Edward Doty, and widow successively of Israel Holmes and William Sherman. She bore him: Thomas, Desire, Ichabod and David. Ebenezer, second son of Alexander and Sarah (Alden) Stand- ish, was born 1672, and died in 1748. He re- sided in Plympton, and married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Sturtevant, of Plymouth,
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