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( III) Charles Davis, fourth son and child of Captain William and Elizabeth ( Morrill) Chapman, born in Newburg, Maine, February 20, 1828, died April 12, 1887. In the early part of his business life he was proprietor of a store in Passadumkeag, Maine, abandoning this enterprise when the civil war broke out. He enlisted, January 2, 1864, in Company M, Second Maine Cavalry, soon rose to the rank of sergeant, and served with General Banks in the Red River campaign. At the close of the war he associated himself with his broth- ers, Thomas M. and Augustus P., in the steam milling business at Old Town, Maine, but sold out his interest in 1868 and purchased a farm at Orrington, Maine, which he cultivated suc- cessfully. He was a member of the Congre-
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gational church. He was very active in the political affairs of his section, serving as sher- iff of Penobscot county, postmaster and select- man of his town, and represented his district in the legislature. He married Hannah, daugh- ter of Isaac P. and Mary (Harthorn ) Haynes. They were the parents of four children, two of whom are living at the present time ( 1908), namely : Harry J., see forward, and Charles Haynes, residing at Orrington, Maine.
(IV) Harry J., son of Charles Davis and Hannah ( Haynes) Chapman, was born in Passadumkeag, Penobscot county, Maine, April 12, 1856. His preliminary education was acquired in the public schools; in 1878 he went to the Eastern Maine Conference Sem- inary in Bucksport, and was graduated from the law school of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1882, and admitted to the Wis- consin and United States circuit court bars. The following year he came to Bangor, Maine, where he was admitted to the bar, and has since successfully been engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. He was a member of the common council for ward three in 1900-01, and was appointed judge of the municipal court of Bangor by Governor Hill in 1905, a position he now holds ( 1908). He is a member of the Congregational church, a member of the parish committee, and a Re- publican in politics. On his grandmother's side Judge Chapman is a connection of the late United States senator, Lot M. Morrill. Judge Chapman married, May 27, 1891, Clara Louise, born October 3. 1866, daughter of Albert B. and Elizabeth (Curtis) Clark, of Winterport, Maine. One child, Elizabeth Haynes, born September 13, 1894.
INGRAHAM The high place of honor which is held by the mem- bers of the Ingraham fam- ily in the old Pine Tree State, and wherever they are well known, has been won by the quiet and sturdy traits of character which have been preserved in the midst of the busiest lives, and in the midst of many testing condi- tions. Men and women of rare modesty, and often of few words, they have believed sin- cerely in God, and that He would give them truest wisdom. No plan of work has ever been allowed to interfere with their home life. With a few quiet glances they have been able to read the needs of those around them and how to help along lines of relief, and the same quick glances have read new openings for work and service. In the midst of life's great-
est successes they have had kind words for the humblest neighbor or stranger.
Professor Joseph Holt Ingraham, the most widely known of the family line at Portland, Maine, as author of the "Prince of the House of David," and other books of wide circula- tion, was one of the busiest of men, first en- gaging in mercantile pursuits, then becoming an instructor in Washington College, Mis- sissippi, and then an Episcopal minister at Holly Springs, Mississippi. But at all times he was ready to help any one who was in need, and with as full a sympathy as if no other work but that lay before him.
One blustering November day a bronzed old fisherman entered the store of the merchant, Charles P. Ingraham, at Portland, Maine. The merchant, a tall, handsome man, sat at his desk, as if no sound of the howling winds and roaring waves had reached him. But as soon as the door had closed behind the fisherman he was at his side with, "Well done, Hugh ! I knew this gale wouldn't keep you away. You always bring us fish in the right time." "And here is the boy, too," he added. "You don't like fishing as well as Dad. Here is a book you'll like to read when you get home. I know you like to read aloud to grandfather." "Does he know everybody that way-when he don't look around much, and when he don't need to bother himself about us?" the lad asked on the way home. "Yes, and away be- yond Matinicus. See this cloth for a new dress he sent to your mother." The tears of joy shone on the old fisherman's face, as he spoke. The gift was from a true heart un- spoiled by life's great successes.
(I) Edward Ingraham, American ancestor. born in England about 1702, and settled at York, Maine, in 1730. He was a man of quiet manners, but one whose every word and act showed that he was a true gentleman. "Old York," as it is familiarly called, was settled by some of the strongest families in England, and they made names and fortunes which are well known by all historians. But, "Without fuss or flurry," Edward Ingraham followed his daily work and was regarded as one of the most upright and successful citizens of York. His keen blue eyes, so quick in reading men, and good openings for financial ventures, saw at a glance that Lydia Holt, of York, would make a true helpmeet for the man who might win her hand. She and her father. Deacon Joseph Holt, had both noticed the young stranger on his first Sabbath spent in York. He was the first worshiper in
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church, and his manner of attentive listening to the services showed that he had been "well trained in godly things, with a strong liking for such withal." No storm was ever fierce enough to detain Edward Ingraham from the religious services at York. So when he sought the hand of the fair Lydia in marriage, the father smiled to himself, "The very man I would have chosen for my favorite child." But he said aloud to Edward, whose face was tinged with a slight blush, "What are thy plans for life, young man? I think that thon canst give a good account of thyself, but it is well that we have a perfect understanding of how thou wilt conduct thy affairs, and what sort of a home thou canst make for our Lydia, the best housekeeper in all this region, save her mother, whose worthy patterns she hath ever followed." And modestly, but clearly, Edward Ingraham made answer. At the end good Deacon Holt grasped the young man's hand and said, "You have my full consent to wed with Lydia, for yours are the plans and Christian qualities which are handed down to far generations. Let us ask God's blessing on this marriage which I trust will soon take place." So Edward Ingraham wed the fair Lydia, daughter of Deacon Joseph Holt; she was born at Andover, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 28, 1702, died in 1774, a woman of the noblest Christian faith, and a descendant of Nicholas Holt, who came to America from Romney, England, in 1635. The name Joseph Holt Ingraham has been borne by many of the Ingraham family, and was given to that faithful Christian teacher, Professor Ingraham, whose books, "The Prince of the House of David" and "The Pillar of Fire," have been read by so many thousands. The children of Edward and Lydia (Holt) Ingraham were : I. Joseph Holt, who moved to Portland, Maine, in 1768, becoming one of its most worthy citi- zens; was twice married and the father of a large and godly family. 2. William, mentioned below. 3. Lydia, married, June 30, 1766, Esaias Preble.
(II) William, son of Edward and Lydia ( Holt) Ingraham, was born at York, Septem- ber 25, 1761, died in Portland, June 15, 1815. He was a man of deep religious faith, and his good influence was widely felt in Portland, then called Falmouth, and in all the adjoining towns. He married, November 2, 1784. Sarah, born April 6, 1763, died in Portland, April 24, 1803, daughter of John and Abigail (Sweet- sir) Tukey. Children: 1. Edward, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, born August 15, 1787, died February 4, 1867. 3. Nathaniel M., June 21,
1790. 4. William, June 22, 1793, died Au- gust 21, 1794. 5. William, June 14, 1795, died June. 1827. 6. Thomas, September 8, 1797. 7. Louisa G., March 13, 1802.
(III) Edward, son of William and Sarah (Tukey) Ingraham, was born in Portland, June 27, 1785, died in that city, August II, 1874. He was a perfect type of his ancestor Edward, of a deeply religious nature, though never uniting with any church, and of a quiet, but wonderfully helpful mould, quick to see all good openings for trade, but careful never to intrude on the rights of any fellow man. Early in life he saw that it would be of great advantage to all the fishermen on the outer islands of Casco Bay to have a store nearer than Portland where they might quickly sell their fish and obtain needed goods ; he saw, too, that this would be a fine venture for the man who carried on such a business in an honest and kindly way. He established a large store at the lower end of the now famous summer resort, Bailey Island, as well as upon Orr's Island, and made of this a great success. Find- ing that his wife was homesick on her island home, he sold out his business and returned to Portland, saying to himself, "My home must be a happy one at any cost." For many years he was one of the best known of the old-time traders and merchants in Portland, dealing also in ship chandlery supplies, and deeply interested in the fishing business on the Maine coast and the more distant fishing banks. He helped hundreds of sturdy fisher- men. While his words of counsel to them and others were few, they were full of power for good. Long after others of his age had re- tired from business he kept busily and quietly at work, with the same keen outlook on life, and where he could help any one who was sad or unfortunate. Edward Ingraham mar- ried (first), 1806, Mary Daley, born January I, 1786, died in Portland, February 16, 1824, a woman of great worth and helpfulness. Ed- ward Ingraham married ( second), September 30, 1824, Mrs. Mary ( Aspinwall) Greeley, born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, February 25, 1786, died in Portland, April 16, 1876. The following children were all of the first mar- riage: I. Saralı Ann, born November 12, 1806, died November 12, 1869; married, June 4, 1826, her cousin, Holt Ingraham ; five chil- dren. 2. Emore Daley, September 29, 1808, died 1827. 3. Edward Tukey, December 29, 1810, died 1828. 4. Charles Porter, October 18, 1813, died February 18, 1891 ; he was one of the most successful fish merchants of Port- land, acquiring great wealth, and helping thou-
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sands of people. He married Elizabeth Sto- ver. of Harpswell, and his home was one of great happiness. 5. Ferdinand, 1815, died 1893. 6. Mary Daley, May 9, 1817, died Feb- ruary 5. 1861 ; married Captain Stephen Knight and Elbridge Randall. 7. George W., born at Orr's Island, Maine, June 1, 1819, died 1850. 8. Cordelia, Orr's Island, June 1, 1821, died in Portland, July 31, 1863 ; married, De- cember 3. 1846, Benjamin Worth Jones, born at China, Maine, March 25, 1821. 9. Araxine, August 20, 1823, died March 27, 1831.
(IV) Ferdinand, fifth child of Edward and Mary (Daley) Ingraham, was born at Port- land, October 9, 1815, died at Yarmonth, Feb- ruary 22, 1893. He largely inherited the quiet, religions and farseeing qualities of his ancestors, and was a man beloved by all who knew him. for his advice was always prompt and sound. He was a very diligent scholar, but early left school and became a baker and trader at Portland. His success was good, but, in looking abroad, he saw that there was a fine opening for ship-building at Yarmouth, and removed thither in 1836, and continued this business in a diligent manner until his health failed. His many kind deeds were done in the most quiet and unostentatious way, and his home was his joy and pride. He had a strong influence in political matters, and did this work for the sake of his town, state and country. the only public office which he could be induced to accept being that of town treas- urer, which he held for two years. In early life Mr. Ingraham united with the Second Parish Congregational Church of Portland, but he afterward became a strong Universal- ist. He was a charter member of the Maine Lodge at Portland, I. O. O. F., and at the time of his death had been a member fifty years. He married, in Yarmouth, October 16, 1838, Harriet Jane, daughter of Amos Storer. She was born at Yarmouth, July 15, 1819, died February 17. 1902. She was a woman of great nobility of character. Children : I. Ferdi- nand. 2. Adelaide S., who died in 1890; she married Captain David W. Blanchard and had children : Paul G., Mabelle L. and Ferdinand David. 3. Hattie A., deceased. 4. Cordelia J .. deceased. 5. William C. Storer, born at Yarmouth, March 19, 1859; resides at Yar- mouth ; he was a faithful student in the town schools and North Yarmouth Academy; he early showed the strong liking for the ocean which had characterized many of his ancestors, and he shipped before the mast, intending to study navigation and all matters pertaining to a sailor's life and so become a captain who
knew every part of the work which should devolve upon him. In 1879 he made a long voyage from Philadelphia around Cape Horn to San Francisco and returned. He had been at sea about three years when his father's health failed. With the great love of home which had been stich a strong trait among his ancestors he gave up all his plans of a sea life, and the brilliant prospects which this life held out to him, and cared for his parents in the most tender manner. Mr. Ingraham is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and a member of Casco Lodge, No. 35, and Cumber- land Chapter of Free Masons. He is a man who is highly esteemed by all who know him. He has never taken much interest in political matters, and has not married.
Hoyt, Haight or Hight. This HIGHT name, which appears in a dozen forms or more in New England records, is the stirname of a very numerous family in New Hampshire and other parts of New England. The family of Hight (origi- nally Hoyt) took the present form of the name after coming into Maine. The family is and has been of the class from which people who "do things" come. A majority of them have been honest, industrious farmers and mechan- ics. Few are extremely poor, or found among the low and degraded. There are found wealthy men who bear the name, and some occupy high positions in society. A very re- spectable percentage of them are in the pro- fessions, especially that of medicine; but that for which the Hoyts have been most distin- guished as a family is their patriotism; and there has been no war of any magnitude since their settlement in which the "fighting Hoyts" have not taken rank both in number and also in quality as soldiers.
(I) Sergeant John Hoyt, the settler, from whom have sprung the Hoyts, Haights and Hights of this article, first appears as one of the original settlers of Salisbury, Massachu- setts. Whether he came directly from Eng- land, or had already lived in other towns in New England, is uncertain. John Hoyt had a family and was living in Salisbury before October, 1639. He was almost the only per- son who received all his earlier grants at the "first division." The greater number of the other settlers received only two or three lots at that time, and the remainder some months later. From this fact it is inferable that he was one of the first settlers in the new town. "According to the first division of the town of Salisbury," say the older records, there was
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granted unto John Hoyt a house lot contain- ing one acre ; a planting lot of four acres; twenty acres for a great lot ; a meadow lot of two acres; these parcels were, by "estima- tion" and contained the specified amounts "more or less," and probably actual measure- ment would have made the actual amount two or three times what it was "estimated" to con- tain, as they were very liberal with their land in those days. His name is on the list of townsmen and commoners of Salisbury in 1650. His share of Mr. Worcester's rate, De- cember 25, 1650, was six shillings six pence ; his county rate in 1659 was nine shillings. After sharing the lot of the pioneers of Salis- bury for some time he sold his dwelling house to William Heldred in September, 1647, and moved west across the Powow river and joined the carly settlers in what is now Amesbury. His name appears on the original articles of agreement between Salisbury and Salisbury New-town in 1654. In the division of land he received several lots in the "Great Swamp," "On the River," at "Lion's Mouth," and in other parts of the town. One of these con- tained two hundred acres, and was styled his "Great division." "Goodman Hoyet" was one of those who were chosen to lay out land in "Lion's Mouth," &c., February, 1661. John Hoyt is often mentioned on the old Amesbury records as prudentialman, selectman, consta- ble, juryman, moderator, &c. It was custom- ary in those days for the minority on any question in town affairs to enter their "con- trary desent" upon the town books ; his name appears in this way with sufficient frequency to show that his opinion did not always coin- cide with that of the majority. In several in- stances he entered his "contrary desent" alone, one of them being on the question of his serv- ing as selectman in 1682. The record of the assignment of a seat in church to him July 9. 1667, is still extant. John Hoyt was a ser- geant of the Salisbury Military Company and is frequently referred to as "Sargent Hoyt." The town records of Amesbury state that "Saegent Jno Hoyt, state senator, died on ye 28th day Feb. An. Dom. 1687-88." He probably deeded most of his property to his children during his lifetime. He had two wives, each named Frances. It seems probable that he married his first wife about 1635. She died February 23, 1643, and he married (second), in 1643 or 44. His second wife survived him and was living in 1697. His children were: Frances, John, Thomas, Georgie, Elizabeth, Joseph (died young), Joseph, Marah, Naomi, Doro- thie and Mehitabel.
(II) Thomas, third child and second son of John and Frances Iloyt, was born January, 1641. He worked for Walter Taylor, who was so noisy and turbulent a character as to be frequently obliged to appear in court to answer to the offended law for his improper conduct. The following is from the records of the Salisbury court, April 12, 1664: "Tho. Hoyt & Tho. Jonson ar jugd by this Court to haue a legall admonicoa & pay five shillings a peece for going away disorderly fro their Mas- ter Walter : to be payd to ye treasurer." "And Walter Tayler for using cursing speaches to his servants: is jugd to have to pay Ios .: to ve treasurer of ve County." "And Jno. Hoyt Senior to be admonisht for enterteining his son being servant to Walter Taylor." The name of Thomas Hoyt stands first on the list of those who took the oath of allegiance and fidelity before Thomas Bradbury, captain of the military company of Salisbury, December 5. 1677. Shortly after 1680 he removed to Amesbury. His residence is given as Ames- bury in 1686, when his father, John Hoyt, deeded to his son Thomas land at "Bugsmore' in Amesbury, lot 15, near the Powow river. Thomas Hoyt died January 3, 1691, and ad- ministration of his estate was granted to his son Thomas, March 31, 1691. He had two wives, each named Mary ; there is no record of the first marriage. A Thomas Hoyt married Mary Ash in Amesbury, November 29, 1689, according to the town books, or 1690 by the county records. The Thomas Hoyt referred to seems to be the Thomas of this sketch. The children of Thomas Hoyt were: Thomas, Will- iam ( died young), Ephraim, John, William, Israel, Benjamin, Joseph, a daughter, Deliver- ance and Mary.
(III) John (2), fourth son and child of Thomas and Mary Hoyt, was born April 5. 1674. There was a John Hoyt living in Kit- tery from 1697 to 1703, who probably removed to Dover, Bloody Point, in 1703. He may be the person whose birth is recorded here.
( III) William, fifth son and child of Thom- as and Mary Hoyt, was born April 8, 1676. William was living in Amesbury as late as 1699, when he had a seat assigned to him in the church at that place. There was a Will- iam Hoyt, of Kittery, who bought land of John Dam, of Dover, March, 1703. There was also a William Hoyt who died in Newing- ton, New Hampshire, as early as 1626. From the disappearance of the brothers, Jolin and William Hoyt, from Amesbury, and the ap- pearance of two persons bearing the same name about the same time in Kittery and later
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at Newington, it seems very probable that the Newington and Berwick Hoyts or Hights are descended from the Amesbury branch, and that these two brothers are the progenitors of the Hoyts of the last-named places. From deed on record at Exeter it seems that William Hoyt, of Newington, died previous to 1727, leaving at least four children : but the number of children left by either John or William Hoyt is unknown, a fact arising from the in- complete condition of the records. The four children of William Hoyt, of Newington, were: Sarah. Abigail, John and Elizabeth.
(IV) William (2) Hight was born about 1707, and died November 30, 1782. He went from Newington, New Hampshire, to Ber- wick, Maine, and was probably either a broth- er or a cousin of John above mentioned. In July, 1737, William "Hoight," or "Hight," "late of Newington, now of Berwick," bought land in Berwick of William Spencer. In an entry at Kittery, dated February, 1748, is a record of land in "Barwick" ( which he had bought) laid out to William "Height." He was a "merchant" or "shopkeeper" in what is now South Berwick. His name is nsually spelled Hight, but sometimes Hoit, on the rec- ords at Alfred. In the "valuation of towns," 1771, he was put down for five dwelling houses, and was the second man in Berwick in point of income. In his will, 1782, he men- tions his "3 negroes Diner. Violet, and Peter." He married ( first) Elizabeth, whose surname is unknown. She died April 18, 1776, aged sixty-three. He married ( second) Mary Ken- erson. their intentions of marriage being pub- lished November 19, 1777, She seems to have survived him and married Joseph Pray. The children of William Hoit, all by first wife, were: George, Mary, Fanny, Temple, Sarah, Elizabeth and Jane.
(V) George, eldest child of William (2) and Elizabeth Hight, lived in Berwick, where he was constable in 1766. He died before March 15, 1769. He married, September 6, 1764, Eunice Hill, who survived him. Chil- dren : George, Elisha and Elizabeth.
(VI) George (2), eldest child of George (1) and Eunice (Hill) Hight, was born in Berwick, Maine, May 6, 1765, and died in Scarborough. He was a blacksmith, residing in Berwick until 1780, and thereafter in Scar- borough. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Humphrey Pike, of Saco. She died November 14, 1840. aged sixty-eight. Chil- dren: Betsey, George Humphrey, Amos Chase, Mary, Benjamin Pike, William T.
(died young), Ennice Hill, William Temple and Frances Caroline.
(VII) Amos Chase, son of George and Elizabeth ( Pike) Hight, was born October 15, 1797, died April 30, 1863. He lived in Scarborough. He married, December 2, 1830, Eliza Milliken, by whom he had George F., Frances C .. Horatio. George, LeRoy and Elizabeth C.
(VIII) Captain Horatio, third child and second son of Amos C. and Eliza ( Milliken ) Hight, was born September 15, 1834, and died 1900. He served in the state legislature and for more than twenty years was in the customs service at Portland. He was first lieutenant of Company C, Twelfth Maine Volunteer In- fantry. He served in the Department of the Gulf, and was brevetted captain in 1862 for gallant service at the battle of Pouchataula. He married. November 25. 1863, Clara E. Mil- liken, of Saco, daughter of Joseph L. and Anne ( Boothby ) Milliken, of Saco. Children : Leroy L., mentioned below ; Clarence A., Francis W., and Louis F., who died at the age of seventeen. Clarence A. was born in Scarborough, January 26, 1868. His prelimi- nary education was obtained in the Portland public schools and he graduated from the high school in 1885. In the fall of the same year he entered Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1889. He was admitted to the Cumberland bar and in June of the same year received the degree of LL. B. from the Har- vard Law School. He became associated in the practice of law with Hon. A. A. Strouit, and was admitted to partnership in 1897, the firm taking the name of Strout & Hight. After the death of the senior member of the firm Mr. Hight became a partner with William H. Cool- idge, and the firm became Coolidge & Hight. They have offices at 50 Congress street, Bos- ton, and 36 Exchange street, Portland. Mr. Hight was at one time solicitor for the Cen- tral Vermont Railroad, and after the death of Mr. Strout he became solicitor for the Grand Trunk, a place he still holds. He is a mem- ber of the Harvard and of the Cumberland clubs. He married Emily L., daughter of John B. Coyle, of Portland.
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