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(VI) Hon. Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Vose, was born in Milton, September 27, 1765, died in Robbinston, Maine, November 13,
1848. He removed to Robbinston, Maine, in 1790, with his wife and infant daughter, to take charge of the interests of Lieutenant Gov- ernor Edward Robbins, the first proprietor, and from whom the town was named. Governor Robbins was one of the commissioners for building the state house in Boston, and the large timbers for the building were obtained by Mr. Vose from land that Governor Robbins owned in the southwestern part of Calais, Maine. The twelve pillars on the front of the building were made of great pine trees which must have been over three feet in diameter, and were cut between Mount See All and Vose Lake. Mr. E. H. Vose says: "I well remember, when a boy of eight years, of my grandfather charging me to 'go and look at those pillars' when I went to Boston, and to 'remember that my old grandfather got them.'" He built the first vessel in Robbins- ton in 1792, a schooner called the "First At- tempt," and afterward built a number of ships at Robbinston and some at St. Andrews, New Brunswick. For some years he was engaged in the fishing trade, and then in lumbering. He dealt largely with the Indians of the Passamo- quoddy tribe who were always the firm friends of him and his descendants. He was a mem- ber of the convention which formed the con- stitution for the state of Maine, when it was set apart from Massachusetts, and was a mem- ber of the legislature. He was one of the se- lectmen of the town and active in town affairs. He kept his interest in politics and town affairs until his death. The day before he died he walked to church, a third of a mile, and back, in the forenoon and afternoon. He was an American of royal descent through his grand- mother, Susannah Thacher, a descendant of Rev. Peter Thacher, of England, whose son, Thomas Thacher, was the first minister of the Old South Church of Boston. Thomas was father of Rev. Peter Thacher, pastor of Mil- ton, for forty-six years. His first wife was Theodora (Oxenbridge) Thacher. She was descended from Rev. John Oxenbridge, pas- tor of the First Church of Boston, and through him of the Throckmortons and Nevills to Ed- ward III of England. Among the ancestors of Mr. Vose were the Franklins, Josslyns, Princes, Governor Thomas Hinckley, Rev. Ralph Partridge, first minister at Duxbury, Richard Leeds, Mathias Puffer, Captain Aaron Cooke and Nicholas Denslow. Hon. Thomas Vose married, March 19, 1789, Mehitable Hayden, born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, February 22, 1769, died in Robbinston, Maine, February 27, 1829, daughter of Major Josiah
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Hayden. Her father, born in Braintree, May 15, 1734, died in Winslow, Maine, September 2, 1818, was major of the Twenty-fifth Mas- sachusetts Regiment of the line in the revolu- tion. He commanded the regiment at the bat- tle of Harlem Heights. Ile was afterward colonel of militia, while he was living at Wins- low, Maine. He was selectman and town clerk, and representative to the general court of Massachusetts. He married Silence Iloward, who died August 9, 1803, aged sixty-three years. Children of Thomas and Mehitable Vose: I. Mary, born in Milton, March 15, 1790, died at Robbinston, September 12, 1880; married Joshua Briggs, born in Pembroke, Massachusetts, January 26, 1785, died at East- port, Maine, May 24, 1846, who was one of the earliest and most successful shipbuilders of Robbinston, and who built the ship "Sagada- hoc" for parties in Boston; for a number of years this was the largest ship which sailed from that port; his second son, now living (1908) at the age of ninety years and nine months, has made ten violins since he was eighty-five, all of them instruments of marked excellence. 2. Thomas, born April 18, 1792, mentioned below. 3. Josiah Hayden, born June 29, 1794, died October 22, 1845; mar- ried, April 30, 1827, his cousin, Mary Vose, born at Augusta, Maine, October 15, 1808, died July 10, 1837. 4. Peter Thacher, born May 24, 1796, mentioned below. 5. Mehita- ble, born January 4, 1800, died April 23, 1889; married, February 18, 1818, Ebenezer Buck, born in Haverhill, November 28, 1794, died November 5, 1836. 6. Myra, born November 19, 1801, died January 23, 1888; married, April 30, 1827, John Young Jones, born April 7, 1806, died December 9, 1865. 7. Elisha, born October 4, 1803, died January 17, 1874; married. November 23, 1837, Olive Johnson, born March 27. 1819, died June 26, 1895. 8. Warren, born November 29, 1806, died De- cember 14, 1887; married (first), October 30, 1828, Mary Ann Loring, born March 30, 1809, died August 7, 1856 ; married ( second), Octo- ber 23, 1858, Mary Sibley, born February I, 1820, died February 27, 1906. 9. Julianna, born August 19, 1809, died July 30, 1839 ; married, January 6, 1831, Deacon Thomas Brewer, born August 1, 1808, died June 18, 1874. 10. Henry Thacher, horn June 1, 1813, died August 8, 1841, unmarried.
(VII) Colonel Thomas (4), son of Thomas (3) Vose, was born at Robbinston, Maine, April 18, 1792, and died March, 1856. He was educated in the common schools. He was active in the militia and rose to the rank
of colonel of the Third Massachusetts Regi- ment before Maine became a separate state. He married Isabella Brooks, of Robbinston, born at St. Andrews. Children : George Clark, mentioned below; Thomas Brooks, Jo- siah Richardson, Mary Hayden, Edward Rob- bins, Charles Henry, Abel Brooks, John Wells, Thacher, Prentis Mellen.
(VII) Peter Thacher, son of Thomas (3) Vose, was born in Robbinston, May 24, 1796, died there December 24, 1879. In his younger days he worked with his father at lumbering. and learned the trade of ship carpenter. He became one of the most noted master builders of eastern Maine, and was especially skilful in modelling and "laying down" or drafting and making the model from which a vessel is made. One of the most noted vessels he made was a schooner, afterward sold in New York, her rig being changed to a brig, called the "Rescue," and was one of the two vessels in which Dr. E. R. Kane made his first Arctic exploration. Mr. Vose was a man of great strength, said to have been one of the two strongest men in all the shipyards on the river. He was always good natured, and loved and respected by the workmen under him, as well as by all the townspeople. To every one he was "Uncle Peter." He was one of those who "stood guard" in the war of 1812, and was afterward captain in the Third Regiment of Massachusetts militia, of which his older broth- er Thomas was colonel.
He married, at Eastport, Maine, February 9, 1820, Lydia Cushing, born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, October 17, 1799, died at Rob- binston, January 22, 1865, daughter of Elipha- let and Sarah ( Cole) Buck. Children : I. Peter Ebenezer, born November 20, 1820, men- tioned below. 2. Myra Caroline, March 12, 1822, died December 25, 1851. 3. Edwin Buck, September 25, 1823, died January 28, 1836. 4. Henrietta Brewer, November 14, 1825, died November 18, 1892. 5. Sarah Matilda, Octo- ber IS, 1827, died May 26, 1895. 6. James Barbour, September 30, 1829, died March 17, 1852. 7. Mary Frances, August, 1831, died young. 8. Edwin Howard, mentioned below.
(VIII) George Clark, son of Thomas (4) Vose, was born September 24, 1816, at Rob- binston, died March 12, 1906. He was edu- cated there in the public schools and early in life began to follow the sea. He rose to the rank of master mariner. He also built vessels. He married, June 17, 1849, Esther Dunn, born April 10, 1830, of Robbinston. Children: I. Mary Esther, born March 31, 1850, married Patrick Gillise ; children : George E. and Win-
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ifred G. Gillise. 2. Anna Isabella, June 18, 1852, died an infant. 3. Bion, August 29, 1854. 4. Thomas Edwin, January 25, 1859, mentioned below. 5. George Barry, June 16, 1862, married Maggie Campbell; children: i. George Gillise, born March 24, 1900; ii. John Thomas, March 13, 1902; iii. Joseph Antony, August 11, 1904. 6. Fannie Alice, November 16, 1867, married Thomas George Stoddard ; child: Stanley Marcellus, who died in in- fancy.
(VIII) Peter Ebenezer, son of Peter Thacher Vose, was born at Robbinston, Maine, November 20, 1820, died September 5, 1899. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and worked on his father's farm in his younger days. At the age of twen- ty he commenced teaching and continued four winters at Red Beach, Robbinston and Dennys- ville. After working a few months in Boston as bookkeeper and cashier in a dry goods store, he came to Dennysville as clerk for Deacon John Kilby, in March, 1845. After eleven years he bought the general store of his em- ployer and continued in business there until the time of his death. He was also interested in lumbering and manufacturing lumber and in shipping. He was prominent in public life, selectman of the town for the remarkably long period of twenty-nine years; assessor thirty- one years ; town treasurer and overseer of the poor twenty-four years-an unparalleled rec- ord of faithful and efficient public service. He was treasurer of the Washington County Ag- ricultural Society for twenty-three years and of the Washington County Bible Society, ev- ery annual meeting of which during that pe- riod he attended. He was a justice of the peace for half a century, having had commis- sions for eight terms. He was one of the most prominent members of the Congregational church, of which he was deacon for twenty- nine years; superintendent of the Sunday school thirty years and a teacher for fifty-eight years. He attended more than forty county conferences of the Congregational church and for some years served as moderator. He often attended the meetings of the various great missionary associations as a delegate and was life member of the American Missionary As- sociations and of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association. He was one of the carly members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, was deeply interested in local history and genealogy and possessed an extensive and thorough knowledge of all the principal families of Washington county. He was always active in the temperance move-
ment, was a total abstainer all his life and never used tobacco in any form. In early life he was a Whig, but he joined the Free Soil party in 1848 and the Republican party when it was organized.
He married, May 24, 1847, at Dennysville, Lydia, born June 22, 1822, died October 3, 1896, daughter of Deacon John and Lydia Cushing (Wilder) Kilby. Children: 1. Mary Matilda, born March 26, 1848, married Ed- mund Burke Sheahan. 2. John Thacher, May 21, 1851, married Lizzie Esther Mack. 3. Ida Sumner, December 14, 1854, married Clinton Aaron Woodbury. 4. Lydia Caroline, May 10, 1860, married William Benjamin Johnson.
(VIII) Dr. Edwin Howard, son of Peter Thacher Vose, was born in Robbinston, Au- gust 20, 1838. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Calais Acad- emy. He taught school in the winters from 1858 to 1860, and after ten months' service as clerk in the lumber concern of Rolfe & Pea- body at Princeton, began the study of medi- cine in September, 1861, with Drs. Job Holmes and Charles E. Swan, of Calais. He attended the medical lectures at the Maine Medical School in 1862, Harvard in 1863 and Maine in 1864, graduating from the Maine school August 3, 1864. After practicing in Gorham, Maine, from March, 1865, to February, 1869, he returned to Calais, where he has continued in practice up to the present time. He is a member of the Maine Medical Association, Washington County Medical Society and New Brunswick Medical Society. In 1872 and from 1876 to 1892 he was city physician of Calais, and a member of the board of health from 1885 to 1891. He has served as United States examining surgeon for pensions since October, 1873. He was acting assistant surgeon in the United States navy from December, 1863, to April, 1864, resigning on account of sickness. Dr. Vose has been examining surgeon for the Equitable Life, New York Life, Connecticut Mutual, Union Mutual, Pennsylvania and other life insurance companies for many years. He has been a Free Mason since June, 1864, and has been presiding officer of the lodge, chapter, council and commandery ; also is past worthy patron of the Orion Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star: district deputy grand master ; district deputy high priest ; junior grand war- den of the Grand Lodge of Maine and served for fourteen years as grand prelate of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Maine. He is past commander of Joel A. Hay- cock Post, No. 34, Grand Army of the Re- public, and a member and medical examiner of
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Borden Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen. In politics he has been a Repub- lican since the foundation of the party; in religion a member of the Congregational church since 1858 and has held the office of deacon for more than fifteen years. Of late years he has been much interested in geneal- ogy and heraldry.
He married, September 15, 1866, at Calais, Maine, Eliza Maria, daughter of Calvin R. and Sarah E. (Arnold) Goodnow. Children : I. Kate Gage, born in Gorham, Maine, October 22, 1867, married, September 5, 1895, Rev. George Sherman Mills, now pastor of the Second Congregational Church of Bennington, Vermont. 2. Alice Howard, August 28, 1872, died March 1, 1876. 3. Henry Goodnow, June 7, 1875, married, at Hyde Park, May 29, 1901, Lillian Louise Lewis. 4. Winifred, September 15, 1879. The last three were born at Calais, Maine. Through his paternal grandmother, Mehitable Hayden, Dr. Vose is descended from the Faxons, the Howards and Haywards and Rev. James Keith, of Bridgewater, Massachu- setts, and through Richard Williams, of Taunton, from Howell Williams, Lord of Ra- bor, in Glamorganshire, Wales, the family to which Oliver Cromwell belonged; also from the Dightons ( Frances was the wife of Rich- ard Williams) and the Bassetts of England and the Hazeltines.
(IX) Thomas Edwin, son of George Clark Vose, was born at Robbinston, January 25, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and afterward learned the trade of harness maker at Boston. He then entered the employ of Patrick Gillise. of Lu- bec, Maine, as clerk in his general store and shipping business. He engaged in business as partner in the firm of Vose & Thayer, dealers in clothing and men's furnishings at Lubec. Since 1907 he has been manager of the Lubec branch store of F. A. Holmes, of Eastport. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Knights of Columbus. He is a Republican in politics. He is secre- tary of Lubec Grange, No. 434, was town treasurer 1904, selectman 1907. He married, November 17, 1883, Mary S., born January 21, 1863, daughter of Patrick and Jane Cath- erine ( Martin) McBride. Children: 1. Wini- fred Esther, born September 24, 1884. 2. Emma Agatha, January 26, 1886. 3. Vincent D., November 5. 1888, deceased. 4. Eugene Martin, February 9, 1890. 5. Mary M., April 30, 1894. 6. George Aubrey, October 9. 1897. 7. Jane Catherine, July 20, 1900, died next year.
The following individuals of the Vose fam- ily of Milton have settled in Maine : Seth Vose, son of Jonathan and grandson of Thon- as and Hannah Vose, went to Thomaston. Jesse Vose, brother of Seth, settled at Sandy River ; died at Kingfield. Thomas Vose, an- other brother of Seth, married Sarah George; went to Thomaston with General Knox in whose artillery regiment he was a captain in the revolution ; he built the mansion occupied by General Knox. Solomon Vose, son of Joseph, and grandson of Elijah and Sarah Vose, settled at Augusta. William Vose, son of William and grandson of William and Abi- gail Vose, settled in Portland. Thomas Vose, son of Thomas and grandson of Robert and Abigail Vose, went to Robbinston, as stated above. Peter Thacher Vose, brother of Thom- as, went to Augusta, but returned to Massa- chusetts. Spencer Vose, son of Jonathan and Mary Vose, settled at Thomaston. David Vose, son of David, grandson of David and Mehitable Vose, went to Concord, Massachu- setts, and thence to Hampden and Thomas- ton, Maine. Charles (or Robert Charles) Vose, son of Samuel and grandson of Robert and Miriam Vose, went to Augusta and died there. Josiah Vose, son of Joseph, and grand- son of Elijalı and Sarah Vose, went to Au- gusta ; died at New Orleans a soldier in the regular army, while on parade.
The following interesting list of descend- ants of Robert Vose ( I) has been collected by Dr. Vose: Captain Thomas Vose who served in the French and Indian war ; Rev. Dr. Jo- seph Buckminster; Governor Increase Sum- ner : General William H. Sumner ; General Ed- win Vose Sumner ; Hon. Henry Vose, justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts ; Hon. Timothy Fuller ; S. Margaret Fuller. Countess d'Ossoli : Captain Nathaniel Vose, born 1672; Colonel Elijah Vose ; Hon. Elijah Vose ; Dan- iel Vose, Esq., at whose house the famous Suffolk resolutions were passed; Edmund J. Baker; Governor Henry J. Gardner ; Colonel Josiah Howe Vose ; Rev. James Gardner Vose, D. D .; Hon. Solomon Vose ; Hon. Richard H. Vose; Joshua Vose, benefactor of Boston charities ; Hon. Roger Vose; Captain Thomas Vose of General Knox's artillery regiment ; Hon. Edward Lillie Pierce; Hon. Henry Lillie Pierce : Hon. John Vose ; Judge Thomas Vose; Hon. Rufus Chandler Vose; Colonel Thomas Vose; Colonel Joseph Buckminster; Rev. Jo- seph S. Buckminster; Hon. Rodney Vose; Hon. Thomas Vose, of Robbinston ; Mrs. Ly- dia Vose (Buck) Snow, missionary to Micro- nesia ; James Whiting Vose, manufacturer of
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the Vose piano; Captain Joshua Vose of the civil war: Captain Jeremiah Vose of the civil war; Lieutenant James P. Vose of the civil war; Professor Vose of Bowdoin College ; Dr. Edward Faxon Vose of Portland; Mrs. Mary A. Livermore.
The surname Bragdon or BRAGDON Bragden has been in use for several centuries in England, and a lineage of the family appears in a visita- tion of London as early as 1568. The coat-of- arms of the Bragdon family is: Argent a lion passant azure between three fleurs de lis gules. Crest : A boar issuant out of a rock proper.
(I) Arthur Bragdon, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, in 1598, and died in York, Maine, about 1678. He settled in York as early as 1642, and was a citizen of promi- nence, having large grants of land and holding much property on the south side of the York river. All of this name are his descendants, unless possibly some families of recent immi- gration. The Bragdons were leading spirits in some of the coast towns of Maine for many generations, filling various positions of trust and honor. Arthur Bragdon and George Puddington deposed July 3, 1647, to the effect that Richard Vines made a grant of land to John Wadlon and Edmund Littlefield in Wells, York county. by deed dated November 20, 1645. in behalf of Sir Ferdinando Georges, patentee of Maine province. (See York Deeds.) In a deposition made in York in 1665 his age is stated as "about sixty-seven years." He filled many offices and served on important committees in the old town of York. Just before his death he deeded to his son Thomas, May 20, 1678, all his estate on condition that Thomas "provide all necessary things as long as he and his wife live." His administrator filed an inventory October 2, 1678 (Part I, fol. 36, vol. v, York Deeds). Among the articles mentioned was: "One hatt 5s, too ould coats & one peyre of briches, 30s." Evidently the wardrobe of the pro- genitor was simple enough. The spelling is that of the conveyances, not of Bragdon, be- cause he signed his deed with a large capital "A," the ends of the cross-bar and the termi- nals of each leg of the letter being divided like a forked stick. His son Thomas signed with a mark-plain capital letters, "T. B." We do not find the name of Arthur's wife. Children : 1. Arthur, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. Perhaps daugh- ters.
(II) Thomas, son of Arthur Bragdon, was born about 1625. He was treasurer of York county in 1667. He received the homestead and other property, from his father as stated above, but there is no record of his disposal of the property. Evidently his son Samuel came into possession of the land, however, and we know of no other children, except Arthur, who married Sarah, mentioned in Arthur (3) and Samuel (3), below.
(II) Sergeant Arthur (2), son of Arthur (1) Bragdon, was born about 1620, in Eng- land. He died in 1711, or shortly before, as we know from a deed in which Arthur Brag- don states that he is the son of Arthur Brag- don, lately deceased. This same Arthur (3) mentions his grandfather Arthur in another deed. Arthur (2) was deacon of the church and a large owner of property in York county. He married Sarah He bought of his son, Arthur Bragdon Jr., half the tract granted originally to him. Ensign Arthur Bragdon Sr., deed dated February 20, 1694-95. (There was another Arthur Sr., son of Thomas.) He owned a sawmill at York, in partnership with Abraham Preble and Peter Nowell, built soon after November 14, 1700, when the partner- ship was formed. Children: 1. Arthur, men- tioned below. No other sons known, but may have had daughters.
(III) Arthur (3), son of Arthur (2) Brag- don, was born about 1650. Arthur Bragdon, farmer, son of Arthur Bragdon, lately de- ceased, sold land near the sawmill to Nathan- iel Ramsdell June 21, 1711 (York Deeds, vii, fol. 226). He bought and sold many lots of land from 1710-25. He married Mehitable He was called "Jr." long after the death of his father, Arthur, proving that Ar- thur Sr. of that time must have been a cousin, doubtless son of Thomas. This Arthur died in 1736 at York, bequeathing to wife Sarah, only son Thomas, and daughters Sarah John- son, Martha Lord, Tabitha Linscott, Bethia Leavitt, Love Sayer and Mary Bragdon, un- married. Arthur (3) was a man of property and distinction, removing to Scarborough in 1725, and spent there "the remainder of a long and useful life." He was one of the few to whom the title "gentleman" was ap- plied in legal documents of his time. Captain Solomon and Gideon Bragdon, probably his sons, settled in Scarborough, and their de- scendants have been numerous in Buxton, Lim- ington and other adjacent towns.
( III) Samuel, son of Thomas Bragdon, in- herited the homestead in York, and his de- scendants have been numerous in that town
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and vicinity. Although but about sixty years old and having minor children, he follows the usual cheerful phraseology in making his will, May 10, 1709, and describes himself as "aged and crazy of body." He bequeaths to his wife, then living, sons Samuel and Joseph, "under age," and daughters Magdalin, Pa- tience, Sarah and Ruth, to each of whom he gives five and twenty shillings. He called Deacon (Arthur) Bragdon his "dear cousin," and appointed him sole executor of his estate. He died in 1712. The inventory was returned January 16. 1712-13, amounting to 296 pounds eight shillings. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Moulton. Children, born in York : 1. Samuel, born July 31, 1673 ; mentioned be- low. 2. Mary, born November 24, 1675. 3. Patience, born April 17, 1678. 4. Sarah, born March 20, 1680. 5. Jeremialı, born March 17, 1683, died young. 6. Ruth, born April 9, 1691. 7. Joseph, born September 19, 1694, bought land at York, in 1714, of Daniel Weare.
( IV ) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (I) Brag- don, was born in York, July 31, 1673. He married Isabella Marston. From his uncle, Arthur Bragdon Sr., and wife Sarah, he bought forty-five acres of land December 25, 1701. This land was "laid out to the grand- father of Arthur Bragdon Sr., grantor, on the southwest side of the York river, "oppo- site the house of Samuel Sr.'s house, where Samuel Jr. lives," bounded on the northwest by a lot granted to Job Alcock, later owned by Abraham Park; bounded also by Thomas Donnell's land and Rogers' Brook. This Ar- thur could sign his name, but his wife made a mark like a capital O. It should be said that many of these pioneers could read and write, but from choice used these marks, which in many cases were tantamount to a seal or coat-of-arms in the way they were used and in the care with which they were designed. He and his second wife, Lydia, deeded this land to his son, Samuel Jr., January 3, 1725-6. He deeded land that he bought of Henry Wright to the same son January 5, 1724, and also a twenty-acre town grant on the south- west side of the York river, probably for a house lot, January 31, 1721-2. Children of Samuel and Isabella Bragdon : I. Dorcas, born September 7, 1695. 2. Mary, born April 7, 1698. 3. Samuel, born April 6, 1700; men- tioned below. 4. Isabella, born August 13, 1702. 5. Jeremiah, March 30, 1704-5. 6. Daniel, January 7, 1707. 7. Joseph, March 7, 1709-10. 8. Mehitable, September 19, 1712.
(V) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Brag-
don, was born in York, April 6, 1700. He re- ceived the homestead from his father, and was the only one of the family to remain in York and perpetuate the name. He married Tabitha, daughter of Lieutenant Joseph Banks, of York. He married, second, Mercy, daugh- ter of Josiah Main, of York. Children of Samuel and Tabitha Bragdon: I. Tabitha, born December 1, 1723. 2. Betty, September IO, 1725. 3. Lydia, November 12, 1727. 4. Isabella, April 8, 1731. 5. Samuel, born No- vember 9, 1736; married Miriam Milberry, daughter of John; she died November 27, 1829, aged ninety-two, and he died January 26, 1806; children born in York. Children of Samuel and second wife, Mercy : 6. Josiah, born August 19, 1747 ; mentioned below. 7. Matthias, June 15, 1749. 8. Mercy, October 13, 1751. 9. Oliver, October 22, 1754.
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