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(III) John (2), son of John (1) White, was born March 8, 1663-64. He married, Oc-
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tober 24, 1687, Lydia Gilman, daughter of Jolın Gilman, and granddaughter of Edward Gilman, who came from Norfolk, England, and settled first in Hingham, and later in Ipswich. He was an influential man, being town clerk in 1690. He owned a garrison house in 1690, erected as a defence against the Indians. Ile was a representative of Haverhill to the gen- eral court eight years, between 1700 and 1719; captain of the Haverhill company ; magistrate of the county court. He acquired much prop- erty in trade and merchandise, and owned much real estate. Children: I. John, born September 11, 1688, died August 19, 1705. 2. Mary, born June 24, 1690, died 1777 ; married, May IO. 1711, James Ayer. 3. Hannah, born 1691, married, January 17, 1711-12, Rev. Sam- uel Phillips, of Andover ; died 1775. 4. Will- iam, born January 18, 1693-94, mentioned be- low. 5. Samuel, born December 23. 1695, married Ruth Phillips. 6. Nicholas, born De- cember 4, 1698, died 1772. 7. Timothy, born November 13, 1700, graduate of Harvard, 1721 ; died 1765. 8. Elizabeth, born November 16, 1702, died 1760 ; married Rev. Amos Main, of Rochester, New Hampshire. 9. James, born April 16, 1705, settled in Atkinson, New Hampshire; died there 1788. 10. John, born September 8, 1707, died May 10. 1745. II. Joseph, born October 21, 1709, died April 4, 1713. 12. Abigail (twin), born October 21, 1709, married, March 5, 1727-28, Moses Ha- zen ; died 1792. 13. Lydia, born September II, 17II, married Nathaniel Peaslee. 14. Joanna, born March 31, 1714, died November 2. 1714.
(IV) Deacon William ( 2), son of Jolin (2) White, born January 18, 1693-94, died De- cember 11, 1737. He was a clothier and lived at Haverhill. He was called deacon and es- quire, and is said to have served as repre- sentative to the general court in 1733-34. It is said, too, that he planted the first potatoes in Haverhill, in 1718, and raised four bushels, but knew not how to make use of so large a quantity, and gave them to his neighbors. He married, June 12, 1716. Sarah. born January 28, 1692, daughter of Samuel and Mary ( Em- erson) Phillips, of Salem, goldsmith, and sis- ter of Rev. Samuel Phillips, of Andover. Children : 1. William, born April 12, 1717, married Rebecca Stoddard; died 1773. 2. Samuel, born September 15. 1718, died Au- gust 21. 1801. 3. John, born February 7, 1719-20, mentioned below. 4. Nathaniel, born November 24, 1721, died young. 5. Sarah, born September 17, died September 19. 1723. 6. Timothy. born September 23, 1724. died September, 1791. 7. Mary, born April 30,
1726, married Rev. John Chandler. 8. Sarah, born March 9, 1727-28, married Thompson, of Billerica. 9. Phillips, born Oc- tober 28. 1729. 10. Ebenezer, born August 2, died August 7, 1731. II. Anna, born October 24, 1732, died June 26, 1737.
(V) John (3), son of Deacon William (2) White, born February 7, 1719-20, died in Methuen in 1800. He married (first) Miriam (Hoyt) Hazen, widow, of Haverhill. He mar- ried (second), February 18, 1767, Elizabeth, born March 23, 1746-47. daughter of Joseph Haynes, a trader and farmer of Haverhill. Children : I. William, born August 1, 1754. 2. Moses, born June 29, 1756. 3. Miriam, born September 27, 1758, married John Bodwell. (See sketch of Bodwell family herewith.) 4. Elizabeth, born July 19, 1760, married Jacob Hall, of Methuen. 5. Saralı, born September 3, 1762, married James Wilson, of Worcester. 6. Lydia, born 1764, died young. Children of second wife: 7. Rebecca, born November 10, 1768, married David Morse. 8. Joseph Haynes, born June 5, 1772. 9. Nathaniel Hazen, born July 17, 1774, married, November 17, 1803, Charlotte Hazen, daughter of Judge William Augustus Atlee ; died December 25, 1804. 10. Daniel Appleton, born June 7, 1776. 11. Char- lotte. born March 18, 1778. died unmarried. 12. Polly, born March 6, died May 3, 1780. 13. Trueworthy, born September 3, 1781. 14. Mary, born October 29, 1784, married, Decem- ber 31, 1816, Stephen Webster Marston; died July 30, 1836. 15. Anna, born July 28, 1786, married. November 28. 1811, Jonathan Kim- ball Smith. 16. George, born March 12, 1790, died unmarried.
In the Anglo-Saxon, Danish, RAND Dutch and German languages the word "Rand" signifies a margin, edge or border. It first appears as a patronym- ic in England early in the fourteenth century. One of the ancient family seats was Rand's Grange, Yorkshire, and the name is also to be found in the records of Kent, Durham, Es- sex, Suffolk, Hants, Norfolk, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Worcestershire. Burke's Encyclopedia of Heraldry cites no less than ten coats-of-arms belonging to the various branches of the family. The earliest emigrant to New England was James Rand, who ar- rived in the ship "Ann" at Plymonth in 1623. Francis Rand was an early New Hampshire colonist sent over by Captain John Mason, and he settled in that part of Portsmouth which is now Rye. Robert Rand, his wife Alice and several children, arrived at Boston in 1635 and
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settled in Charlestown. Descendants of these immigrants became distributed through New England.
(I) William Rand, a descendant of one of the immigrants just referred to, was born in New Hampshire, presumably in Canaan, about the year 1796. Subsequent to 1840 he came to Maine, settling first in St. Albans and later removing to Ripley, where he died a nonoge- narian about 1893. He was an industrious farmer, and an upright, conscientious' citizen who opposed slavery and joined the Repub- lican party at its formation in order to support with his vote the cause of abolition. In his earlier years he was a Whig. His zeal in re- ligious matters was as marked and untiring as was his advocacy of equal rights, and he was a leading member of the Christian church. He married Elizabeth Children : George H., Jolın, Isaac, Ann, Harriet, Eliza- beth and Sarah.
(II) George H., son of William and Eliza- beth Rand, was born in Canaan, 1838. He was reared upon a farm in St. Albans, whither his parents settled during his early childhood, and he resided at home until attaining his ma- jority. At the breaking out of the civil war he entered the government service and for a time was engaged in conveying supplies to the army, but was finally appointed a quarter- master. While serving in the last-named ca- pacity he was captured by Moseley's Guerillas, who sent him to Andersonville, Georgia, and he was subsequently confined in Libby prison, from which latter he was transferred to Flor- ence. He was finally paroled and upon his re- turn to Maine engaged in general farming at Ripley. For a number of years he was promi- nently identified with local political affairs, serving as a selectman and as a member of the Republican town committee, but his pro- nounced views relative to restricting the sale . colonist.
of intoxicating liquors naturally caused him to unite with the Prohibition party at its for- mation, and he became one of its most staunch supporters. Like his father he was a mem- ber of the Christian church and deeply inter- ested in religious work. He married Fidelia C., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Emery) Stone, residents of Ripley and formerly of Keene, New Hampshire. Children: Mary, Nellie, Annie and George H.
(III) George H. (2), only son of George H. (I) and Fidelia C. (Stone) Rand, was born in Ripley, October 5, 1876. His early ed- ucation was acquired in the common schools of his native town and at the Dexter ( Maine) high school. His professional studies were
completed in the medical department of Bos- ton University, Boston, Massachusetts, from which he was graduated in 1900, and he ob- tained the funds for his college expenses by teaching school and canvassing. While a stu- dent at Boston he served as an interne at the mission dispensary. He first located in San- ford, Maine, but not being favorably impressed with the professional outlook in that section he removed to Livermore Falls a year later and has ever since practiced medicine in that town and its immediate environments, meeting with gratifying success. In addition to the various professional bodies with which he is connected he affiliates with the Oriental Star Lodge, F. and A. M., Washburn Chapter, R. A. M. and Pilgrim Commandery, K. T., the Improved Order of Red Men, the Independent Order of Good Templars and the Patrons of Hus- bandry. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a Republican in politics. On September 26, 1906, Dr. Rand married Grace H., daughter of Joseph G. and Emma (Chandler) Ham (see Ham). Dr. and Mrs. Rand have one son, George H., born October 16, 1907.
HAM In Anglo-Saxon the word "ham" signifies home. Aside from being itself a separate patronymic, it was adopted as a part of other family names, such as Oldham, Cunningham, Durham, etc., and was also applied either in the form of a pre- fix or suffix to counties, towns and villages, viz .: Hampshire (a county of homes), Wal- tham (a home among the walnuts), and ham- let (a small community of homes). The Hams of America are the posterity of two early im- migrants-William and John Ham-both of whom settled in New Hampshire. The line of descent which follows is from the first-named
(I) In June, 1635, a small number of colo- nists were sent to Maine by a merchant of Plymouth, England, named Robert Trelawney, who had been granted land under the "Gorges patent," and among them was William Ham. Although there are reasons for believing that he was of Plymouth, a family tradition states that he was a Scotchman from Aberdeen. Dis- satisfied with his treatment in Maine he went to New Hampshire, first locating in Exeter and later removing to Portsmouth, where he was granted fifty acres of land on what became known as Ham's Point. His death occurred at Portsmouth in 1672, at the age of abouty seventy-two years. He was accompanied from England by his wife Honor and their two chil-
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dren-Matthew and Elizabeth. His will, which was made after the death of his son, divides his property between his daughter, who was the wife of William Cotton, of Portsmouth, and his grandsons William, Thomas and Jolin. (N. B. A collection of early titles and other docu- ments to be found in the library of the Mainc Historical Society in Portland contains con- siderable information concerning the Trelaw- ney settlement and William Ham's connection with it.)
(II) Matthew, eldest child of William and Honor Ham, was born in the Isle of Man about the year 1626. In addition to property in Portsmouth received from his father as a gift, he owned land at one time on one of the Isles of Shoals, which he sold to one Tobias Taylor. He died at Portsmouth in 1664. The maiden name of his wife is unknown. He had four sons: William, who acted as exec- utor of his grandfather's will; Thomas, a mariner ; Matthew, a roofer, and John, a fish- erman.
(III) John, youngest son of Matthew, was born in Portsmouth about 1660, died there in 1731. He owned a portion of his grandfa- ther's estate in Portsmouth, which constituted his home; also owned a farm in Newington; and was thus a farmer as well as a fisherman. The maiden surname of his first wife was Lis- som, and his second wife, whom he married January 8, 1715, was Judith Pitman, of Oyster River. The children of first wife: I. Eliza- beth, married John Remick. 2. Mary, married Robert Bond. 3. Dorcas, second wife of John Remick. 4. William, born in 1698. 5. Thom- as, born in 1702. 6. John. Those of second marriage : 7. Benjamin, born in 1716, settled in Bath, Maine. 8. Tobias, see forward. 9. Reuben. 10. and IT. Nathaniel and Samuel (twins).
(IV) Tobias, second child of John and Ju- dith ( Pitman) Ham, was born in Portsmouth, November 23, 1717, died in Brunswick, Maine, August 4, 1804. In 1740 he settled in the lo- cality known as New Meadows in the town of Brunswick, erecting his dwelling place on what has ever since been known as Ham's Hill, and in the nearby lowlands he built a tannery. In that vicinity the Indians were troublesome and Tobias Ham, having proved himself an unusually skilful marksman, was called Long Gun by the prowling bands, who had good reason to keep from in front of him. On one occasion, when some savages were lurking near his tanpits, watching for an op- portunity to fall upon him from behind, he,
suspecting their presence, calmly walked back- ward toward his house, at the same time keep- ing his gun pointed in the direction of their supposed hiding place, and this precaution on his part proved effective, as he had the satis- faction of seeing his would-be slayers skulk away. He married Abigail Smith, of Lines Island; children : Benjamin, John, Joseph, Ju- dith, Tobias and Thomas ( twins), Reuben and Nathaniel.
(V) Joseph, third child of Tobias and Abi- gail (Smith) Ham, was born in Brunswick, December 30, 1746. He resided at the home- stead in New Meadows presumably his entire life, but there is very little information con- cerning him to be found in the records. Children : I. Susan, who became Mrs. Bates. 2. Martha, who became Mrs. Far- rar. 3. Lucy, who became Mrs. Stephens. 4. James, see forward. 5. Thankful, who be- came Mrs. Donnell and lived to be one hun- dred and one years old.
(VI) James, fourth child and only son of Joseph Ham, was born in New Meadows, Jan- uary 25, 1776. He married, June 12, 1803, his cousin, Mary Ham, daughter of John Ham; children: I. Charles C., see forward. 2. Levi, born about 1808, married Mary Cun- ningham. 3. Tobias, born about 1810. 4. James, born about 1813, died October 9, 1833. (VII) Charles C., eldest child of James and Mary (Ham) Ham, was born in New Mead- ows, June 21, 1806. He was a ship carpenter and resided in Portland. His death occurred March 13, 1872. December 3, 1832, he mar- ried Charlotte Lincoln ; children: 1. George C., born July 8, 1836, married Margaret Mc- Fadden. 2. William L., born October 27, 1840, married Annie Fuller. 3. Joseph G.
(VIII) Joseph G., youngest child of Charles C. and Charlotte (Lincoln) Ham, was born in Portland, October 16, 1850. He is a druggist and for many years has been engaged in busi- ness in Livermore Falls. He was married in Portland, November 20, 1872, to Emma Chan- dler. Children: I. Charlotte L., born Octo- ber 10, 1873, married C. H. Sturtevant ; chil- dren : Reginald H., Norman G., Ronald W. and Eleanor M. Sturtevant. 2. Joseph C., born July 30, 1876, married Bessie Leavitt ; chil- dren : Beatrice and Phyllis. 3. Grace H., born December 27, 1877, wife of Dr. George H. Rand (see Rand). 4. Mary B., born Decem- ber 22, 1879, married Dr. L. B. Hayden. 5. Arthur H., born July 2, 1882, pursuing a post- graduate course at Columbia College. 6. Phil- ip W., born July 9, 1887, a civil engineer.
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HAWKES Adam Hawkes, the immigrant
ancestor, was born in England, in 1608, and died at Lynn, March 13, 1672, aged sixty-four years. He sailed in June, 1630, in the Winthrop fleet, with seventeen hundred settlers, and located first at Charlestown, where he was living in 1634. He removed to Lynn, where he was a proprietor in 1638. He deposed in 1658 that he was aged about fifty. His son-in-law (stepson) Thomas Hutchinson deposed in the same case. His wife Anne was admitted to the church November 21, 1634. She died Decem- ber 4, 1669, and he married second or third, June, 1670, Sarah Hooper. He left no will that is known, but the peculiar division of his estate suggests some will or arrangement not of record. Excepting John, the children of his first wife are not included in this division, and some authorities have concluded therefore that he was the only son, but the records of Lynn give several other sons, and Savage also gives them without question. Hawkes died March 13, 1671, and this division is dated March 27, 1672, between the widow Sarah, son John, daughter Sarah, William Cogswell for his wife, Frances, Samuel, Thomas and Ed- ward Hutchinson ; Elizabeth Hart and Moses Hawkes, son of John. The homestead was in what is now Saugus, a mile and a half from the center, on the Lynnfield road, on a knoll near Close Hill. He had much litigation with the owners of the Lynn Iron Works on ac- count of having his meadows flooded after the stream was dammed. Some of the original bricks which were brought over from England are still in use on the farm. On one of the bricks the date 1601 was found when the old chimney was taken down. The original cast- iron fireback had the coat-of-arms of the famll- ily, it is believed, though according to tradi- tion the armorial was the national emblem of England. Children: 1. John, born about 1633, mentioned below. 2. Adam, died young. 3. Moses, born before 1660. 4. Benjamin, born before 1660. 5. Thomas, born before 1660. 6. Susanna, born before 1660. Children of Adam and Sarah: 7. Adam, born May 12, 1664. 8. John, born April 25, 1668. Child of Adam and Sarah (Hooper) Hawkes : 9. Sarah, born June 1, 1671. He probably had two wives named Sarah, and had given his elder children their share of his estate before his death, leaving his eldest son John to pro- vide for his stepchildren, youngest child and widow.
(II) John, son of Adam Hawkes, was born about 1633, in Charlestown, probably. He had
the homestead after his father's death. He was admitted a freeman in 1690 ; died August 5, 1694. He married, June 3, 1658, Rebecca Maverick, daughter of Moses Maverick, who was the founder and for many years the only magistrate at Marblehead, Massachusetts. The wife of Moses and mother of Rebecca was a daughter of Isaac Allerton, who came to Plymouth in the "Mayflower," and was lieutenant-governor of the Plymouth colony. Hawkes married second, April 11, 1661, Sarah Cushman. Only child of first wife: I. Moses, born November, 1659. Children of second wife: 2. Susanna, born November 29. 1661- 62. 3. Adam, born May 12, 1664. 4. Ann, born May 3. 1666. 5. John, born April 25, 1668. 6. Rebecca, born October 18, 1670. 7. Thomas, born May 18, 1673. 8. Mary, born November 14, 1675. 9. Ebenezer, mentioned helow. (See Essex Inst. Coll. xxiv, 161-80; Lynn Vital Records and Savage's Gen. Dict.)
( III) Ebenezer, son of John Hawkes, was born in Lynn about 1678. He was probably the "old Ebenezer" who died at Lynn, De- cember 9. 1766. He removed to Marblehead, his family being interested through the Maver- ick relationship in that town. He was a pro- prietor of Marblehead Neck in 1724, when it was voted to divide, and was appointed, with John Waldron and Richard Trevett the com- mittee to divide the land (p. 333, History of Marblehead). He married first, June 16, 1701, Elizabeth Cogswell, of Ipswich. She died June 16, 1718, and he married second (intentions dated May 13, 1719) Mrs. Sarah Newhall, who died of cancer, May 27, 1732. Children, born at Lynn: 1. Ebenezer, born July 14, 1702; mentioned below. 2. Eliza- beth, born April 24, 1704. 3. Samuel, born May 12, 1716, had a son Ebenezer. Perhaps others not recorded.
(IV) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (1) Hawkes, was born in Lynn, July 14, 1702. He married at Marblehead (intentions dated April 11, 1725) Anna Breed. He married at Boston, November 9, 1732, Ruth Graves, widow; he was called a blacksmith in this record. He was one of the early settlers of Windham, Maine, and attended the propri- etors' meeting as early as January 19, 1738. He and others received a grant of land then for a sawmill on Horsebeef Falls. The mill was built and accepted December 13, 1740. His descendants have lived in Windham to the present time. Children: 1. Ebenezer, mentioned below. 2. Benjamin ( ?). Perhaps others.
(V) Ebenezer (3), son of Ebenezer (2)
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Hawkes, was born in 1726, in Marblehead, and died in 1805, at Windham. His grave- stone is in the old Smith burial-ground in that town. Children : Joseph, mentioned below. Probably others.
(VI) Joseph, son of Ebenezer (3) Hawkes, was born in Windham in 1768, and died there in 1837. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and was a prime mover in the estab- lishment of the church at Windham. He was a prominent citizen. His wife, Rebecca -, born1 1780, died 1838. Children: I. Daniel. 2. Joseph Jr., born 1812, died Jan- uary 19, 1844; buried at Windham. 3. Ebe- nezer, born May 14, 1817, died July 1, 1882, mentioned below. 4. Abner Lowell, born 1820, died 1841. 5. Ellen, born 1824, died 1881. 6. Harriet.
(VII) Ebenezer (4), son of Joseph Hawkes, was born in Windham, Maine, May 14, 1817, and died there July 1, 1882. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town, and was a farmer all his active life. He had an excellent dairy, and made a specialty of market-gardening. In early life he followed the trade of shoemaking in the winter season. In politics he was a Republican. He was an active and prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Ellen Wilson, born in Falmouth, Maine, in 1824. Children : I. Wilson Levi, mentioned below. 2. Wesley M.
(VIII) Dr. Wilson Levi, son of Ebenezer (4) Hawkes, was born in Windham, Maine, February 25, 1848. He received his education in the public schools of Windham, the Gor- ham Seminary, Bates College, the Nichols Latin School, of Lewiston, and the Maine Medical School, at Brunswick, where he was graduated in1 1872. He began to practice medicine in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but after a short time removed to York, Maine, where he became permanently located and lias a large general practice. In politics Dr. Hawkes is a Republican. He is a member of St. Aspinquid Lodge of Free Masons, of York; of Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, South Berwick; of Maine Council, Royal and Select Masters; and of Bradford Command- ery, Knights Templar, of Biddeford ; of Kora Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, and the Maine Consistory, of Portland. He is one of the best known Masons of this section. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Congregational church.
He married first, October 31, 1872. Mary W. Perkins, daughter of Edward Perkins, of Lewiston. His wife died January 9, 1880,
and he married second, November 17, 1881, Laura H. Chase, born December 1, 1847, daughter of Josiah Chase, of York. Children of first wife: 1. Ralph W., born May 9, 1876; graduated from the schools of York, the Ports- mouth high school, and Dartmouth College, class of 1901, and from the Boston University Law School in 1904; now practicing law in Worcester, Massachusetts; married Georgia Bancroft, of Millbury, Massachusetts, who died January 24, 1906, leaving one child, Georgia Bancroft, born December 30, 1905. 2. Ellen M., born December 24, 1879, educated in the public schools of York and the Ports- mouth high school, and graduated at the latter. Child of second wife: 3. Edward Chase, born March 4, 1886, student in Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.
WATSON The surname Watson is evi- dently from Watt, the nick- name or abbreviation of Wal- ter, to which has been added the termination son, the two combined signifying the son of Walter. Walters, Waterson, Fitz-Walter, Watt and Watts are cognate forms, all of them derived from Walter, which, according to Dower's Patronymica Brittanica, is "a per- sonal name of Teutonic origin, not introduced till the Conquest." The first English record that we have of the Watson family occurs in 1460, when Edward Watson is mentioned. He had fifteen children, one of whom, Edward (2), of Rockingham Castle, died in 1550. His son Edward (3) was high sheriff of North- amptonshire, and died in 1616. His son Lewis was sheriff under Charles I, and for his loyalty was made baron of Rockingham; he is the ancestor of the present earl of that name. An- other early Watson, probably of a different family, became bishop of Winchester. He was John Watson, a native of Rengworth, in Worcestershire, who was educated at All Souls College, Oxford, studied medicine, but under Elizabeth took orders and rose in 1572 to the deanery, and eight years later to the bishopric of Winchester. He wrote, among other things, a Latin tragedy called "Absa- lom," and died in 1589. The name is exceed- ingly numerous in America, no less than eighteen different Watsons, five of them bear- ing the name of John, having come to the new world between 1623 and 1635. Few families have so early and comprehensive a represen- tation in this country, but in many cases the record is very scanty.
(I) John Watson and Ruth Griffin were married at Amesbury, Massachusetts, March
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22, 1687. Among their children was Ebenezer, mentioned below.
(II) Ebenezer, son of John and Ruth (Grif- fin) Watson, lived at Newbury, Massachu- setts, and married Martha Rawlins.
( III) Eliphalet, probably son of Ebenezer and Martha ( Rawlins) Watson, was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, June 1, 1717, died at Norway, Maine, March 14, 1812. In early life he moved down to the Maine coast, where the first record we have of him is his admis- sion to the church in Falmouth under the Rev. Mr. Smith in the year 1739. Soon after this he moved to Gorham, Maine, where he became the fifth settler. He owned a pro- prietor's right as early as 1742, when his name appears on a call for a proprietors' meeting. Eliphalet Watson and his family were among those who remained in town during the Indian war of 1746. They lived in the fort about seven years, suffering great hardships from war, sickness and famine. Two of their chil- dren, Ebenezer and Colman, are said to have been born in the fort. Mr. Watson was one of the most efficient men in the new settle- ment, brave, prtident, honest and a good scout, ready to start on missions of danger. It is said that he always dealt on the square with the Indians, who committed but small depre- dations on his property, though when he lived in a log cabin, previous to moving into the fort, they made themselves very free with his belongings, walking into his house whenever it suited them, and handling and begging any- thing that struck their fancy. Soon after the organization of the Congregational church in Gorham, about the year 1750, Mr. Watson was made a deacon, which office he filled for many years with much acceptance. He was highly respected by his fellow townsmen, and was often chosen to office. Eliphalet Watson, in the year 1740, married Elizabeth, eldest daugh- ter of Captain John and Martha (Colman) Phinney, the first settlers in Gorham. Their intention of marriage is dated at Falmouth, April 29, 1740, and they were married soon after. Mrs. Watson was a kind and loving mother, respected and beloved by all who knew her. Children: 1. John, born September 23, 1741, married Tabitha Whitney. 2. Martha, December 4, 1743. 3. Susanna, February I, 1746, married Isaac Skillings. 4. Ebenezer, September 28, 1848, married Anna Whitney. 5. Colman P., whose sketch follows. 6. Eliza- beth, February II, 1754, married Jacob Ham- blen. 7. Mary, July 12, 1756. 8. Eliphalet, March 20, 1759. 9. James, August 3, 1761, married Mary Davis. 10. Daniel, October II,
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