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Samuel Richardson married (first) Martha -, who died December 20, 1673, the day that her fourth child was born. On September 20, 1674, Samuel Richardson married (sec- ond) Hannah Kingsley, possibly the daughter of Samuel Kingsley, of Billerica. She was slain, with her only child, scarcely a week old, by the Indians, April 10, 1676. On November 7 of that year he married (third) Phebe, daughter of Deacon Henry and Pliebe ( Rich- ardson) Baldwin, of Woburn, who was born September 7, 1654. She died at the age of twenty-five, October 20, 1679, leaving one child. He married (fourth) Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Hayward, of Malden. She was born in 1655, was married September 8, 1680, and survived her husband, dying October 14,
1717, at the age of sixty-two. The children of Samuel (2) and Martha Richardson were : I. and 2. Samuel and Thomas (twins), born November 5, 1670. 3. Elizabeth, born about 1672, married Jacob Wyman. 4. Martha, De- cember 20, 1673, died November 9, 1677. Thomas was the boy slain by the Indians, April 10, 1676. The child of Samuel (2) and Han- nah ( Kingsley) Richardson was Hannah, born early in April, 1676, and slain with its mother on the tenth of that month. The child of Sam- uel (2) and Phebe ( Baldwin) Richardson was Zachariah, born November 21, 1677, married Mehitable Perrin. The children of Samuel (2) and Sarah (Hayward) Richardson were: I. Thomas, born August 18, 1681, died Sep- tember 9 of that year. 2. Sarah, August 20, 1682. 3. Thomas, September 25, 1684, mar- ried Rebecca Wyman. 4. Ebenezer, March 15, 1686-87. 5. Infant son, born and died August 17, 1689. 6. Hannah, August 11, 1690, mar- ried Pratt. 7. Eleazar, February 10, 1692-93. 8. Jonathan, July 16, 1696, married Abigail Wyman. 9. David, whose sketch fol- lows.
(III) David, youngest child of Samuel (2) and his fourth wife, Sarah (Hayward) Rich- ardson, was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, April 14, 1700, and died at Newton in 1770. He was a blacksmith by occupation. He was thrice married, and, like his father, he had fif- teen children, but they were all by the first and second marriages. On May 21, 1724, David Richardson married Esther, daughter of Da- vid Ward, of Newton. She died in child- birth, February 26, 1725-26, leaving two chil- dren : Esther, born in 1725, married Elisha Fuller ; and Edward. On October 19, 1726, David Richardson married ( second) Remem- ber, daughter of Jonathan Ward, and a cousin of his first wife. Children: 1. Jonathan, born July I, 1727, married Mary Woodward. 2. Lydia, about 1730, married Abijah Fuller. David, February 24, 1732, married Mary Hall,
3. (second) Hannah Mills. 4. Samuel, April 25, 1734, married Sarah Parker, (second) Sarah Holland. 5. Jeremiah, March 13, 1736, mar- ried Dorcas Hall. 6. Moses, May 17, 1738, married Lydia Hall. 7. Aaron, October 2. 1740, married Ruth Stingley. 8. Abigail, May 16, 1743, married Aaron Fiske. 9. Ebenezer, June 14, 1745, married Esther Hall. IO. Elizabeth, September 15, 1748, married Daniel Richards. II. Thaddeus, whose sketch fol- lows. 12. Sarah, August 25, 1755. 13. Mary, March 23, 1757.
(IV) Thaddeus, youngest son of David and Remember (Ward) Richardson, was born at
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Newton, Massachusetts, May 29, 1750, and died at Readfield, Maine, April 6, 1819. Like his father, he was a blacksmith, and he was the first of his line to move from Massachu- setts to Maine. About 1776 he moved to Pearsontown, now Standish, in Cumberland county ; thence he went to Limington; and in 1800 he was again in Standish. He finally settled in Readfield, where he died at the age of sixty-nine years. His name appears on deeds in connection with various sales of land, and in these documents he is sometimes de- scribed as blacksmith, sometimes as yeoman, and once as gentleman. While living at Lim- ington he gave to the parish the land on which the Congregational meeting-house now stands. This was near his own dwelling. About 1777 Thaddeus Richardson married Mary Sanborn, born in 1754, probably at Limington or Stand- ish, Maine. Children : I. An infant who died unnamed. 2. Thaddeus (2), whose sketch fol- lows. 3. Daniel, October 22, 1781, drowned 1806, in Twelve Mile Pond, Unity, Maine. 4 Ebenezer, November 6, 1784, married Relief Eaton. 5. Asa, November II, 1787, married Sarah Cottle, of Augusta. 6. Mary, August 9, 1790. 7. Stephen, July 15, 1792, died un- married on the homestead in 1847. 8. Jane, February 14, 1795, married Jesse Eaton Ja- cobs. 9. Joseph, said to be a Congregational minister.
(V) Thaddeus (2), eldest son of Thaddeus (1) and Mary (Sanborn) Richardson, was born at Limington, Maine, October 7, 1779, and died at Presque Isle, Maine, some time after 1832. He was a farmer by occupation, and lived in Unity for three or four years after his marriage, then in Readfield for a short time, and after ISIo at Phillips, Maine, where most of his children were born. On December 25, 1805, Thaddeus (2) Richardson married Sarah Blethen. Twelve children, of whom the first two were born at Unity, the third at Readfield, and the last nine at Phillips. Children : I. Thaddeus, born 1806, died young. 2. Mary Jane, September 20, 1807, married Jacob J. Barker. 3. Eliza Ann, February 13, 1810, married Gilman Hawes. 4. Increase, May 8, 1812, married Mary Coburn. 5. Susan Pratt, December 2, 1814, married Daniel Houghton, of Weld. 6. Stephen, about 1816, died young. 7. Ebenezer, April 6, 1817, mar- ried Sarah Bass, (second) Elvira Eveleth. 8. Phebe Cotton, January 4, 1820, married Still- man Gordon. 9. Hubbard Chandler, May II, 1822, died unmarried at Boylston, Massachu- setts, February 19, 1845. 10. Theodore Muz- zey, whose sketch follows. II. Ann Johnson,
March 18, 1826, married Thomas Hoyt, of Fort Fairfield. 12. Jophanas Henderson, May 22, 1832, married Sarah Sweetser, of North Yarmouth.
(VI) Theodore Muzzey, sixth son of Thad- deus (2) and Sarah (Blethen) Richardson, was born at Phillips, Maine, April 17, 1824, and died at Presque Isle, April 10, 1907. He was a farmer and dealer in cattle, and being of a speculative turn of mind, traded more or less in other commodities. He lived for a time at Weld, Maine, removing in 1860 to what was then Maysville, but is now a part of Presque Isle. He continued his buying and selling till 1885, when he discontinued outside business, and devoted himself for the re- mainder of his life to farming. Mr. Richard- son was much in public affairs, and served as first selectman several terms and as a member of the school committee. He was a Republican in politics, and was elected to the state legis- ature in 1872-73. He was a man of upright character, and belonged to the Free Baptist church. About 1849 Theodore Muzzey Rich- ardson married Elizabeth A., daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Gove) White. She died September 30, 1851, leaving one child, Charles Henry, whose sketch follows. Mr. Richardson married (second) Emeline O. Cram, of East Livermore, Maine. No children.
(VII) Charles Henry, only son of Theo- dore Muzzey and Elizabeth A. (White) Rich- ardson, was born at Weld, Maine, October 27, 1850. When a boy of ten lie moved with his father to Presque Isle, where he attended the town schools and also the high school. He as- sisted his father in carrying on the home farm till 1896, and since then he has operated a large farm of his own. In 1896 Mr. Richard- son was chosen third selectman, which office he held until 1903, when he was made chair- man of the board, a position he has filled ever since. He is a Republican in politics, and was elected road commissioner in 1892. He is a deacon of the Free Baptist church, of Presque Isle, and a member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 141, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
On December 16, 1872, Charles Henry Rich- ardson married Edwina L., daughter of John and Mary (Johnson) O'Brien, of Presque Isle, Maine. Children: I. Mary Elizabeth, born May 6, 1874, married Arthur E. Hoyt, of Presque Isle. 2. Amy G., January 12, 1876, married E. C. Sweetser, of Presque Isle.
BUXTON
This name comes from the Saxon boc, meaning beech. Buxton is beech town, and is
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a village in Derbyshire. The transition of the name of towns to individuals is very common in the history of surnames. This family is scattered throughout New England and New York, and is particularly strong in Vermont. It has produced lawyers, physicians, scholars, educators and divines. In the five wars that have devastated this country since the forma- tion of the Union, the Buxtons had represen- tatives in them all, and did their share of the hard fighting. To-day the family is repre- sented in England by the Hon. Sidney C. Bux- ton, postmaster-general, and Dr. Alfred W. Buxton, consulting anaesthetist at the National Hospital, as well as lecturer on Anaesthetics at University College, with a world-wide repu- tation as an authority on the subject.
(I) Anthony Buxton, with his wife Eliza- beth, came from England to Salem, Massachu- setts, in 1637. In that year, on the ninth of August, at a town meeting, he was allowed five acres of land, and was an appraiser of the estate of Ann Fuller, March, 1662. His wife was a witness to a nuncupative will of John Leach in April, 1669. Anthony's will was dated March 8, 1684, and to his son John was given thirty acres, which the town of Salem granted Anthony, which lay on the Ipswich river, "and my great bell metal morter which I brought out of England." The witnesses to the will were Nathaniel Felton, Robert Fuller and William Orne. His estate inventoried two hundred and thirty-eight pounds. He left the following children : Anthony, Samuel, James, Thomas, Joseph, Hannah, Rachel, Elizabeth, John, Lydia, Mary and Sarah.
(Il) John, sixth son of Anthony and Eliza- beth Buxton, resided in Salem. In 1692, with others, he complained of William Hobs and wife Deborah, Mary Esty, Sarah Wild, and others, including a negro, charging them with sundry acts of witchcraft. They were tried, convicted, and sent to prison. John married Mary Small, March 30, 1668, and had Mary, Elizabeth and John. His wife died Novem- ber 27, 1675, and he married (second) Eliza- beth, daughter of Joseph Holton, of Danvers, August 8, 1677. Children: Joseph, Sarah, Anthony, Hannah, Rachel, Ebenezer, Lydia, Benjamin, James, Anna and Jonathan.
(III) James, fifth son of John and Eliza- beth (Holton) Buxton, was born in Salem, September 28, 1698, and became a pioneer set- tler in North Yarmouth, Maine, in 1723. He drew a home lot, No. 100, May 18, 1727, and had pew 13 in the old church. James was a farmer, town constable and tax collector. He married Susannah, daughter of William and
Hannah Scales. Children: William, Ebene- zer, Hannah, Cornelius, Benjamin, James, Susannah, Mary, Samuel, John and Elizabeth.
(IV) Cornelius, third son of James and Susannah (Scales) Buxton, was born Novem- ber 4, 1733, in North Yarmouth, and died there January 13, 1784. He was a farmer, town constable and tax-collector. He married Lydia, daughter of William and Ann (Pote) Bucknam, of North Yarmouth. She died. Married (second) Abigail, daughter of Na- thaniel and Hannah ( Shaw) Blanchard, of North Yarmouth. Children: William, Phebe, Jeremiah, Anna and Reuben.
(V) Jeremiah, son of Cornelius and Lydia ( Bucknam) Buxton, was born in North Yar- mouth, August 28, 1768, and died there July 19, 1835. He was a farmer and merchant, and married the widow of Andrew Gray, who was a Drinkwater before her first marriage. Chil- dren : William, Reuben, Jeremiah, Anna, a son, Jane Drinkwater, Andrew Gray, Jacob Mitchell, a son, Edward Gray, Phebe Mitchell and Susan Drinkwater.
(VI) Edward Gray, son of Jeremiah and Jane (Drinkwater ) Buxton, was born in North Yarmouth, January 23, 1811, and died in East- port, Maine, January 5, 1881. He removed to Eastport in 1857, the most easterly city on the North American continent, though Quoddy Head, in Lubec, is said to be the farthermost land to the eastward. Edward G. was a mer- chant and hotel-keeper. He married Lydia, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Gookin) Chase. Children: Jeremiah, George Quimby, Francis Chase, Edward S. and Charles Moxcey.
(VII) Hon. Charles Moxcey, son of Ed- ward G. and Lydia (Chase) Buxton, was born in North Yarmouth, January 9, 1852, and came to Eastport a youngster in 1859. He was a pupil in the Eastport schools, and assisted his father in the hotel business for a time. He was a clerk in the firm of Henry S. Hill & Company, furniture dealers, Boston, and sub- sequently the confidential man of Jeremiah Watson, chair dealer, in the same city. He next engaged in the wholesale chair business in Boston on his own account, doing business under the name of C. M. Buxton & Company. Returning to Eastport, he went into business with his brother in a livery and boarding- stable, and in connection with this he carried on the ice business and an auction and com- mission house. In 1888 he bought out his brother's interest, and has since added an ice and wood-yard. Mr. Buxton is a thorough- going Republican to the backbone, and has been chairman of the board of selectmen, chair-
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man of the board of registration four years, served on the county and town Republican committee, and was elected mayor of East- port, Maine, for two terms. He was offered the nomination for sheriff of Washington county, but declined the honor. His career as mayor was characterized by civic faithfulness and an imperviousness to outside influences. Mayor Buxton is a member of Eastern Lodge, No. 7, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Eastport ; Royal Arch Chapter, St. Bernard's Commandery, Knights Templar, member also of the order of the Eastern Star, an auxiliary of the Masonic order ; and a charter member of Anchor Lodge, Knights of Pythias. He was also a charter member of the local lodge of the Improved Order of Red Men, and a charter member of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mayor Buxton is actively in- terested in the industrial development of East- port, and a serviceable member of the board of trade. Broad in his religious and philo- sophical views, he is tolerant of the opinions of others.
Mayor Buxton married Catherine, daughter of the Hon. Francis Childs, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, senior partner of the firm of Childs, Crosby and Lane. Children : 1. Hor- ace Childs, manager of a drug business at Fort Fairfield, Maine, who is married and has one child, Edward Gray. 2. Carrie Porter, married Albert Hanson, of South Branch, New Jersey, and has two children, Catherine and Helen. 3. Edward Gray, married Abigail Gardner, and has one child, born July 26, 1908, by name Charles Moxcey. The Hon. William Buxton, great-uncle of Mayor Bux- ton, was a soldier in the revolution, a member of Captain Gray's company and Colonel Mitch- ell's regiment, taking part in the Penobscot expedition. This William was a member of the first convention that framed the constitu- tion of Maine, and was repeatedly chosen to the state senate. Another William Buxton, own uncle to Mayor Buxton, was thirteen years in the legislature of Maine and twenty- three years selectman of North Yarmouth, a trustee of North Yarmouth Academy, and a director of the Androscoggin and Kennebec railroad. Touching the Drinkwater line, we have traced out their lineage as follows : Hugh Drinkwater was granted a coat-of-arms in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1615. All direct trace of him is lost, but the Drinkwaters appeared in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1666, or before. (I) Thomas Drinkwater married, in 1666, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Patience (Soule) Haskell, a granddaughter of George
Soule, a "Mayflower" passenger. Children : Walter, William, Warren, who moved to Yar- mouth and was surveyor of the king's forest, appointed by David Dunbar, surveyor-general ; John, Elizabeth, Joseph, Samuel, Patience, Phebe and George.
( II) Joseph, fifth son of Thomas and Eliza- beth (Haskell) Drinkwater, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1710, and died April 17, 1784. He removed to North Yar- mouth, Alaine, to the east end of Cousin's Island, and married, in 1735, Jane Latham. Children : Joseph, John, Thomas, Micajah, Samuel, Philas, Sarah, Sylvanus, Daniel, Da- vid and Hannah.
(III) John, second son of Joseph and Jane ( Latham) Drinkwater, was born in North Yarmouth, May 6, 1738, and died December 27, 1827. He was a ship-master, engaged in the coasting trade between Boston and Casco Bay. It is related of him that during the revolutionary war, in going on one of his cruises, he was chased by a smaller armed British vessel which they had captured and kept for her superior sailing qualities to inter- cept coasters. Captain Drinkwater was in com- mand of a fair-sized schooner for those days, and had his sons with him. The Briton fired a gun for him to heave to; but he paid no attention to it, and taking the helm, told his boys to keep out of sight, and notwithstanding he was repeatedly the target of the English sailor, he resolutely held to his course. The enemy, being much the more rapid sailor, soon gained a position on his weather quarter, and when just in the act of boarding, he suddenly put his helm hard up and jibed over his main- sail, and as the heavy main boom, impelled by the strong breeze, struck the enemy's mast, they were carried by the board and the Eng- lish vessel left a wreck, the crew the dupes of a shrewd Yankee trick of a brave and skilful navigator. He married Susannah Brown. The date was fixed for March 3, 1761, and the guests assembled on that eventful evening ; but no bridegroom appeared. Some of the guests proposed going after him. "No," said the bride; "if he can't come of his own free will. he need not come at all." The next day he appeared and explained the reason of his non-appearance. He was loading his vessel at Jebeag, and was fearful if he did not stay by her and get her off he might lose the run to Boston, and he thought some other time would do just as well to get married. Chil- dren : Perez, John, Elbridge, Daniel, who set- tled on the Rappahannock river in Virginia; Rotherus, Joanna, Sarah, Marian, Jane, who
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married Jeremiah Buxton and was the grand- mother of the Mayor Buxton; Susannah, Saba and Dorcas. Colonel A. C. Drinkwater, who developed around Topsham, Maine, was on General Butler's staff when he was governor, and a very prominent Democratic politician in Massachusetts, is of this line.
MEGQUIER A tombstone in the old churchyard in New Glouces- ter bears the following in- scription : "Sacred to the memory of John Megquier. Died December 27, 1825, aged 92. He was one of the proprietors and first set- tlers of New Gloucester, and was one of those who felled trees on the spot where his remains are now deposited. A patriotic citizen and an honest man."
(I) In the summer of 1748 the John Meg- quier referred to in this epitaph, then fifteen years old, went with a number of men from North Yarmouth to New Gloucester, for the purpose of cutting grass in the Great Meadow, but finding it was still submerged, they went home to wait for the water to drain off, leav- ing young Megquier to care for the oxen which they had brought with them, and await their return. With rifle in hand for instant use, the youthful pioneer kept his lonely vigil for seven days, ready to defend himself and the oxen against a sudden atack by hostile Indians, who were known to be lurking in the vicinity. The courage and determination dis- played by John Megquier when a mere lad al- ways proved predominating features in his character, and was transmitted to his descend- ants. Settling in New Gloucester as one of the original proprietors, he cleared a tract of wild land which he improved into a good farm, and, as already stated, he lived to an advanced age. The parents or ancestry of this pioneer are not mentioned in the town histories of Cumberland county.
(II) William, son of John Megquier, re- sided in New Gloucester. He was the father ·of two sons : I. John L., born in New Glouces- ter, September 9, 1794, graduated from Bow- doin College in 1819, was admitted to the Cumberland county bar in 1825, served in the Maine senate, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1840, was register of probate for Cumberland county. 2. Thomas L., see forward.
(III) Thomas Lewis, son of William Meg- «quier, was born in New Gloucester, Maine, 1795, died in Winthrop, 1855. He was given a degree in medicine by Bowdoin College in 1827. In 1831 he married Mary Jane Cole,
of Turner, Maine, and in 1835 removed from Turner to Winthrop, Maine, where he prac- ticed medicine until 1848. At that time a friend of the family, who was United States consul to Honolulu, came to America upon business. Among other commissions, he was instructed to secure the services of a good phy- sician. He induced Dr. Megquier to close out his practice and return with him to Hawaii. The children were placed in school and, ac- companied by his wife, he started for the Pacific by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Mrs. Megquier is believed to be the first American white woman to cross the Isthmus of Panama. Mrs. Fremont in her book claims that honor, but, as a matter of fact, Mrs. Meg- quier had been at Panama several months awaiting a steamer when Mrs. Fremont ar- rived. Mrs. Megquier had the honor of en- tertaining Mrs. Fremont in her tent, and they finally came on by the same steamer. Upon arriving at San Francisco there was no vessel to convey them to their destination. Gold had been discovered in California, and as soon as a vessel dropped anchor in San Francisco the crew deserted. Thus there was the before- mentioned delay. Dr. Megquier, becoming in- terested in the new country, changed his plans, remaining in San Francisco instead of going to Honolulu. He immediately sent back east for a good-sized frame building, one of the first, if not the first, in San Francisco. It was located at what is now the corner of Mont- gomery and Sacramento streets. The ground floor was used as a drug-store and the second story for a hospital. It was destroyed in the first great fire. This proved a phenominally profitable investment, and the family returned to Winthrop the following year, leaving the proceeds of the work of the year invested in San Francisco. A year later they again went west, but on account of the failing health of Dr. Megquier they returned to Winthrop, where his death occurred. Dr. and Mrs. Meg- quier had four children: I. Angie L., born March 26, 1832, married, March II, 1852, Charles Augustus Gilson, of Portland (see sketch of Gilson family elsewhere in this work). 2. John Otis. 3. Frederick. 4. Ar- thur Selwyn, see forward.
(IV) Arthur Selwyn, youngest child of Dr. Thomas L. and Mary Jane (Cole) Megquier, was born in Winthrop, Maine, April 19, 1840. He was educated in the public schools and at Little Blue, a well-known preparatory school in Farmington, Maine. He began his business training as a clerk in a mercantile establish- ment in Portland, and relinquishing his posi-
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tion in order to enlist for service in the civil war, he became attached to General Fremont's bodyguard. After his discharge from the army he located in New York City, first enter- ing the employ of E. A. Morrison in the whole- sale commission business, and later becoming connected with the firm of J. B. & J. M. Cor- nell, dealers in structural iron work. In 1880 he became a member of the firm of Lindsey, Graff & Megquier, which continued in busi- ness five years and was dissolved by mutual consent. Removing to Portland, Maine, in 1885, he established the firm of Megquier & Jones, dealers in brass castings, finishings and structural iron work, and built up a profitable business. Mr. Megquier continued at the head of that concern until his death, which occurred November 29, 1891. In musical circles, both in New York and Portland, he was widely and favorably known, having devoted much time to the study of music and the cultivation of his voice. At one time he was director of one of the leading church choirs in Brooklyn, and he became recognized as one of the best tenor singers there. In politics he acted with the Republican party. His religious affiliations were with the Universalists.
Mr. Megquier married, September 9. 1868, Adelaide Hall, of Brooklyn, only child of Wil- lard and Sarah (Sampson) Hall, and grand- daughter (on the paternal side) of Eben and Susan (Ross) Hall, and (on the maternal side) of Captain Daniel and Jane (Schenck) Sampson, the former of whom served in the revolutionary war. Mr. Megquier and his wife, who survives him, were the parents of two daughters: 1. Edith, wife of Herbert W. Barnard, parents of one daughter, Cornelia. 2. Cornelia, married Clayton T. Whipple.
WHITEHOUSE Among American names that of Whitehouse is in frequent and yet notable use by reason of the distinguished attainments acquired by men and women of that name. A few examples will sufficiently illustrate this distinguished characteristic. The Rt. Rev. Henry John Whitehouse ( 1803-1874), second Bishop of Illinois, and fifty-fifth in succession in the American Episcopate, was a graduate of Columbia College and of the General Theo- logical Seminary; rector of St. Thomas' Church, New York City, 1844-51 ; successor to Bishop Chase, of Illinois; the first bishop in the American church to advocate the adop- tion of the Cathedral system in the United States; delivered the first sermon before the first Lambrett Conference in London by invi-
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