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1763, married Anna Maxfield, ( second) Polly Hanscom. There is some question about the date and place of the death of Deacon Eliphalet Watson. One record says that he moved to Norway, Maine, and died there March 14, 1812, in his ninety-fifth year. This record also says that his wife died April 15, 1795, aged seventy-four years. The History of Gorham says that Deacon Watson moved from that town with his son Daniel, and died and was buried in the town of Poland, Maine, about the year 1814, aged ninety-seven. The former statement, from the explicitness of the dates, has been accepted as being more probably the correct one.
( IV) Colman P., third son of Deacon Eli- phalet and Elizabeth ( Phinney) Watson, was born in the garrison at Gorham, Maine, De- cember 4. 1751. He lived at West Gorham and at Buxton, Maine, and in 1795 settled at Waterford. Another record says that the younger five of his eight children were born in Waterford, which would make his probable removal there at least as early as 1779. Col- man P. Watson married Mrs. Patience ( Whit- ney) Thomes, widow of Edward Thomes, and daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Day) Whitney, of Gorham. She belonged to one of the oldest Maine families, being descended from Nathaniel Whitney, born at York in 1680. She herself was born May II, 1748, probably at Biddeford, where her people were then living, and on October 9, 1766, she was married to Edward Thomes. The children of Colman P. and Patience ( Whitney) (Thomes ) Watson were: I. Mercy, born April 27, 1775, married Abel Knight. 2. Stephen P., whose sketch follows. 3. Hannah, September 28, 1778, married Samuel Scribner. 4. Isaac, 1779, married Deborah Sampson. 5. John, 1781, married Polly Bangs. 6. Eunice, 1783, mar- ried Eben Bisbee. 7. James, 1785, married in Massachusetts. S. Edmund, 1797, married Hepzibah Flint.
(V) Stephen P., eldest son of Colman P. and Patience (Whitney) (Thomes) Watson, was born at Gorham, Maine, December 19, 1776, and died about 1827, in Randolph, New Hampshire. When a child he moved with his people from Gorham to Buxton, and then to Waterford, which became his permanent home; he lived in the east part of the town. He married Hannah Whitcomb Nourse, and they had five children : 1. Lois, married Jus- tus Howe. 2. Mary. 3. John, married Eliza Peabody. 4. William Whitcomb, whose sketch follows. 5. Abel, married (first) Susan Holmes, (second) Cordelia Burbank.
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(VI) William Whitcomb, second son of Stephen P. and Hannah W. (Nourse) Wat- son, was born at Norway, Maine, May 22, 1815, died at Auburn, this state, December 31, 1884. He received his education in the public schools of Shelburne, New Hampshire, and studied medicine with Dr. A. A. Mann, of Skowhegan, later taking a course of lectures at a medical college in Philadelphia. He be- gan practicing at Skowhegan, Maine, then moved to Randolph, New Hampshire, and in 1850 to Palmyra, Maine. In 1859 he went to Newport, and afterwards to Auburn, where he practiced his profession till his death, which occurred in his seventieth year. In 1884 Dr. Watson married Elmira Burbank, daughter of Jonathan and Susannah (Burbank) Lary, of Shelburne, New Hampshire. They had three children : 1. Adelia Susannah, born in Shel- burne, New Hampshire, September 17, 1841. 2. Murray Brooks, whose sketch follows. 3. Byron H., January 26, 1849, died September 15. 1850.
(VII) Murray Brooks, only son of Dr. William W. and Elmira B. (Lary) Watson, was born at Shelburne, New Hampshire, July 24, 1843. He was educated in the public schools of Randolph, New Hampshire, Pal- myra and Newport, Maine, and at Corinna Academy. In 1861, at the age of seventeen, he taught school at Palmyra and Glenburn, Maine, and in 1862 came to Auburn, where he has since made his home, with the exception of two years. These were spent in Portland, in the interest of the Ara Cushman Shoe Company, of Auburn, in whose employ Mr. Watson served as bookkeeper for thirty-eight years. Before entering upon this occupation, Mr. Watson saw service in the war of re- bellion. On September 17, 1864, he enlisted at Auburn and was assigned to Company I, Twenty-ninth Maine Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Shenandoah Valley during the winter and spring of 1864-65. Upon his dis- charge, at the close of the war, in Washing- ton, District of Columbia, he went to Newport, Maine, and in August, 1865, returned to Au- burn, where he entered the employ of the Ara Cushman Shoe Company, with whom he remained nearly forty years. In 1905 he be- came a partner with J. P. Hutchinson in the insurance and real estate business. Mr. Wat- son is Republican in politics, and has been active in the affairs of the city, serving as clerk of the common council from 1873 to 1879, and was a member of that body from 1896 to 1898, inclusive. He was alderman in 1899, and he
has also served four years on the school board. In 1904 he was elected city auditor, which position he held for three years. For several years Mr. Watson was a member of the Au- burn Light Infantry, Company C, First Regi- ment, Maine Volunteer Militia, resigning that position in 1874, with the rank of first lieu- tenant. He is much interested in fraternal or- ganizations, being a member of Tranquil Lodge, No. 29, A. F. and A. M., and having served as master, grand master, district deputy, past high priest of Bradford Chapter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masons; past thrice illustrious master of Dunlap Council, No. 6, R. and S. M. He is at present sword bearer of Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templar, and deputy grand master of the Grand Council of Maine, R. and S. M., also a member of Maine Con- sistory, A. and A. S., thirty-second degree. Mr. Watson belongs to the Odd Fellows; to Burnside Post, No. 47, G. A. R .; to the United Order of Pilgrim Fathers, No. 33; to the Royal Arcanum, No. 31. In religious af- filiations he is a Universalist.
On July 23, 1865, Murray Brooks Watson married Helen Mar, adopted daughter of Bradford and Ann M. Blanchard, of Pittsfield, Maine, who was born January 4, 1846, died February 23, 1879, leaving four children : William Blanchard, Murray Howard, Freder- ick Cushman and Helen Elmira. On June 15, 1800, Murray B. Watson married Margaret Ann, daughter of John and Bedelia Foley, of Yarmouth, Maine.
(VIII) William Blanchard, eldest child of Murray Brooks and Helen M. (Blanchard) Watson, was born in Auburn, Maine, August 19, 1868, and on June 1, 1897, married Susie Belle Pinkham.
(VIII) Murray Howard, second child of Murray Brooks and Helen M. ( Blanchard) Watson, was born August 7, 1879, and Sep- tember 15, 1893, married Alice Coffin Merritt. They have six sons: Murray H. (2), born September 12, 1895; Laurence M., July 6, 1897: Robert E., October 24, 1898; John E., June 23, 1901 ; Edward, August 10, 1903 ; and Philip, July 11, 1904.
(VIII) Frederick Cushman, third child of Murray Brooks and Helen M. (Blanchard) Watson, was born September 7, 1871, and September 7, 1897, married Lillian G. Curtis, who died in Camden, New York, February, 1904. October, 1905, Frederick C. Watson married Gertrude Bcals, of Turner, Maine ; they have one child, Margaret A., born in Cazenovia, New York, April 10, 1907.
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GOVE John Gove (Gobe or Goffe), im-
migrant ancestor, was born in 1604, in England; settled in Charles- town. Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman May 22, 1638. He was admitted to the church May 3, 1647. He was a dealer and worker in brass. His will is dated Jan- uary 22, 1647, bequeathing to wife, sons John and Edward; daughter Mary to be adopted with wife's full consent by Ralph Monsall and his wife: to the latter he bequeathed a silver porringer and five pounds in money. It was provided that the legacies be paid out of the brass in the house or that which was to come from England. The widow Sarah, born 1601, married, second, Jolin Mansfield, who joined her in paying the legacies to hier sons Decem- ber 5. 1655. Gove bought his house and land in Charlestown, September 29, 1647. Chil- dren: I. John. has many descendants in Watertown, Cambridge and vicinity. 2. Ed- ward, mentioned below.
(II) Edward, son of John (1) Gove, was born in Charlestown, in 1639, according to his deposition made in 1667. He settled in Hampton, New Hampshire, and became a very prominent citizen. He headed a movement to overthrow Governor Cranfield, of New Hamp- shire, but the conspiracy failed, and he and ten others, including his son John, were ar- rested and tried for treason. He was found guilty and sentenced to death and his estate seized for the Crown. The others were par- doned after conviction, but he was sent to London and kept for three years in the Tower of London. At lengthi he also was pardoned and his estates restored to him. He is the ancestor of all the Gove families of New Hampshire and Maine. Children, born at Hampton : 1. John, born September 19, 1661. 2. William, born October 21, 1662 ; died March 1, 1663. 3. Hannah, born March, 1664; mar- ried Abialı Clements. 4. Mary, born April 14. 1666: married Joseph Sanborn. 5. Abiel, born July 23, 1667; died at Haverhill, Mas- sachusetts, August 28, 1667. 6. Penuel, born July 10, 1668; married Philemon Dalton, Ben- jamin Sanborn and James Prescott. 7. Ebe- nezer, born June 23, 1671. 8. Edward, born May 13. 1673: died November 12, 1675. 9. Jeremiah, born October, 1674; died September, 1692. 10. Rachel, born January 26, 1676; died young. II. Ann, born January 9, 1677 ; married Jeremiah Conner. 12. Sarah, born November 5, 1678; married Samuel Dearborn.
(III) John (2), son of Edward Gove, was born in Hampton, September 19, 1661 ; mar-
ried Sarah -, and resided in Seabrook, New Hampshire. Children: 1. Mary, born October 29, 1687; married Nehemiah Heath; died April 17, 1715. 2. John, born May 29, 1689; married, March 24, 1720, Ruth John- son, daughter of Edmund. 3. Hannah, born April 1, 1691. 4. Jonathan, born May 2, 1695; mentioned below. 5. Sarah. 6. Abigail, mar- ried January 6, 1721, Joseph Norton.
(IV) Jonathan, son of John (2) Gove, was born in Hampton, May 2, 1695; married (first) July 21, 1720, Mary Lancaster, daugh- ter of Thomas Lancaster; he married (sec- ond), March 23, 1730, Hannah Worthen. Gove died August 6, 1760, and the widow Hannah married (second) Abner Philbrick, son of Thomas Philbrick ( see sketchi). Chil- dren, all born at Hampton: I. Lydia, born 1720. 2. John, born 1722 ; settled probably at Deerfield, and also lived at Hampton Falls. 3. Mary, born 1724. Children of second wife : 4. Hannah, born 1732; died young. 5. Na- than, born 1734. 6. Dille, born 1736; mar- ried March 28, 1754, John Bean. 7. Hannah, born 1738. 8. Sarah, born 1740. 9. Jonathan, born 1742: settled at Nottingham. 10. Mich- ael, born 1744. II. Samuel, born 1746. 12. Richard, born 1749; mentioned below. 13. Elijah, born 1751; resided in Weare, New Hampshire. 14. Amy, or Anna, born 1754.
(V) Richard, son of Jonathan Gove, was born in Hampton Falls, January 20, 1749. He married Sarah Morrison. He lived in Hamp- ton Falls, later Seabrook, New Hampshire. According to the federal census of 1790 he was then living in Seabrook, having two sons over sixteen, two under sixteen, and three females in his family. There were also of the Gove family living in Seabrook and having families : Stephen, Edward, Moses, Joseph, Enoch and Winthrop. Children: 1. John, born 1810; mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, died October 17, 1890, aged eighty. And others.
(VI) John (3), son of Richard Gove (as appears from the records), was born in Sea- brook, New Hampshire, about 1810, died March 29, 1865. This Jolin Gove removed to Limington, Maine, and married Rebecca Small, who was born in Montville, Maine. He was a farmer by occupation, and a Baptist in re- ligion. Children: I. Louise Ann, born No- vember 21, 1825. 2. Sarah, born August 28, 1827. 3. Eunice, born March 19, 1829. 4. Elizabeth, born July 8, 1831. 5. Almon H., born February 10, 1833, mentioned below. 6. Ralph, born January 5, 1835. 7. Frank, born March 7, 1837. 8. Mary S., born August 29,
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1839. 9. Clara, born June 23, 1843. 10. Ab- bie, born January 30, 1845. 11. Lewis, born September 29, 1851.
(VII) Almon H., son of John (3) Gove, was born in Limington, Maine, February 10, 1833. He was educated in the schools of Limington and at the South Limington Acad- emy. He was a farmer and shoemaker, con- ducting his farm after the custom of the times and working in the winter at shoemaking. He also worked at his trade in the factories at Haverhill and Lynn, Massachusetts, and Port- land, Maine, and continued active to the time of his death. He was a Democrat in politics and was on the board of selectmen for two years. He was a Congregationalist in religion. During the civil war he was drafted, but could not pass the necessary physical examination. He married Jennie H., born in Hollis, 1837, daughter of Moses and Mollie (Gearey) Tar- box, granddaughter of Carroll and Betsey ( Hooper) Tarbox, and of John and Lucy (Sedgley) Geary. Children : I. Clarence Usher, born in Limington, December 7, 1859. 2. Roland Sumner, mentioned below.
(VIII) Roland Sumner, son of Almon H. Gove, was born in Limington, April 2, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of Lim- ington and at Limington Academy. He taught school for two years in Limington, Hollis and Standishı. He studied his profession at the Medical School of Maine College, at Bowdoin, graduating in 1892 with the degree of M. D. He started to practice in Biddeford. After two years he became a traveling salesman for George C. Frye, wholesale druggist and dealer in surgical instruments, for a year, and then, in 1895, located his office in Sanford, where he has practiced since. He is a member of the York County Medical Society and of the Maine Medical Association. Dr. Gove is a Republi- can in politics, but has never been active. He is a member of Preble Lodge, No. 143, Free Masons; of White Rose Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of St. Armand Commandery, No. 20, Knights Templar ; of Kora Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, Lewiston. He is past master of the lodge and has held office in the chapter. He is a member also of Riverside Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of the Sanford Club. He is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church.
Dr. Gove married, April 7, 1896, at Bidde- ford, Maine, Suzelle E., born at Cherryfield, Maine, September 20, 1868, daughter of John and Alice ( Gardiner) Welch, of Cherryfield, Maine. She is a member of the Congrega- tional church. They have no children.
VINAL Stephen Vinal, immigrant ances- tor, was an early settler of Scitu- ate, where he was a proprietor. He was admitted a freeman March 5, 1638-9. He probably died soon afterward, as the Widow Anna Vinal took his place as a pro- prietor and received various grants of land in Scituate. She received a deed of land there in 1648 with other proprietors. She died Oc- tober 6, 1664, and administration was granted on her estate to her two sons Stephen and John Vinal. Children: 1. Stephen Jr., mar- ried February 26, 1662, Mary Baker, daugh- ter of Rev. Nicholas Baker. 2. John, men- tioned below. 3. Martha, married, April, 1646, Isaac Chittenden.
(II) John, son of Stephen Vinal, was born in 1636, probably in England, and died in Scituate. August 21, 1698, aged sixty-two years. His homestead was at the corner of Kent street and Meeting-house lane, Scituate. He married, in 1664, Elizabeth Baker, daugh- ter of Rev. Nicholas Baker, a sister of his brother's wife. Children, born at Scituate : I. John, born 1665; mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born 1667. 3. Hannah, born 1669. 4. Jacob, born 1670. 5. Grace, born 1672; married, 1700, Ebenezer Mott.
(III) John (2), son of John ( 1) Vinal, was born in Scituate in 1665. He married Mary -. and settled in his native town. Chil- dren, born in Scituate: 1. Jacob Jr., born 1691, mentioned below. 2. Elijah, born 1694. 3. Elizabeth, born 1697. 4. John (3), born 1699. 5. Mary, born 1701. 6. Ezekiel, born 1704. 7. Hannah, born 1707. 8. Sarah, born 1711.
(IV) Jacob Jr., son of John (2) Vinal, called "junior" on account of an older Jacob. Vinal in the same town, was born in Scituate in 1691. He married, in 1716, Elizabeth Sim- mons. Children, born in Scituate: I. Eliza- beth, born 1717. 2. Jacob (4), born 1719; mentioned below. 3. Joseph, born 1721. 4. Priscilla, born 1723. 5. Mary, born 1725.
(V). Jacob (2) ("4th," or "Jr."), son of Jacob (1) Vinal Jr., was born in Scituate in 1719. He married, 1743, Lydia Holbrook. Children, baptized in Scituate: I. Levi, bap- tized June 28, 1754. 2. Lot. . 3. Jane. Per- haps other's.
(VI) Levi, son of Jacob Vinal Jr .. was born in Scituate, in 1754; baptized there June 28, 1754. He married Patience -, and set- tled in Scituate. Children, born in Scituate : I. Levi, married Sally -; children, born in Scituate: i. Freeman, born December 22, 1815; ii. Nancy, born January 18, 1818; iii.
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Nelson, born December 13, 1820; iv. Sarah Little, born April 28, 1823; v. Harriet Jew- ett, born December 12, 1825 ; vi. Clarissa, born July 2, 1830. 2. Lydia, born December II, 1789. 3. Jacob, born July 7, 1792. 4. Paul, born October 31. 1794; mentioned below. 5. Aloyen (sic), born July 4, 1797. 6. Harriet, born August 8, 1799. 7. Lot, born September 15, 1801. 8. Eunice (twin), born November 5, 1803. 9. Thomas (twin), born November 5, 1803. 10. Jefferson, born February 16, 1807. 11. James Munroe, born June 3, - 12. Patience, horn February 21, 1812.
( VII) Paul, son of Levi Vinal, was born in Scituate, October 31, 1794. He lived in Scituate. He married Maria , born in 1799. Children, born in Scituate: I. Nancy, born April 26, 1816. 2. Warren, born Octo- ber 2, 1817. 3. Alvin, born August 14, 1819. 4. William H., born January 15, 1822. 5. Maria, born October 29, 1823. 6. Paul J., born December 26, 1825: mentioned below. 7. William II., born September 29, 1827. 8. Mary J., born October 27, 1830. 9. George D., born December 13, 1832. 10. Charles T., born March 15, 1835. 11. Albert, born March I, 1837. 12. John, born March 19, 1842.
(VIII) Paul J., son of Paul Vinal, was born in Scituate, December 26, 1825; died Decem- ber 1, 1901 ; married Emily Louisa Brooks, of York, born October 24, 1824. Child : Renough Jewett, mentioned below.
(IX) Renough Jewett, son of Paul J. Vinal, was born in Boston, December 29, 1848. He was educated in the Boston public schools, and at the age of sixteen began to learn the barber's trade, and worked as apprentice and journeyman until he was twenty-three years of age, when he was appointed on the Boston police force. For a period of twenty-nine years he was connected with the police department and was retired on a pension. Since he re- tired he has made his home at York, Maine. He is a Republican in politics, and Methodist in religion. He is a member of Faith Lodge of Free Masons, of Charlestown, Massachu- setts: Signet Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Cœur de Lion Commandery. Knights Tem- plar ; and Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Boston Police Association. He married. in 1874. Sophia Varrill Lowe, born August 8, 1848, daughter of Joseph and Nancy ( Moore) Lowe, of York, Maine, granddaughter of George M. and Susan ( Moore) Lowe, of York. Children of George M. and Susan ( Moore) Lowe: Mercy Lowe; George Lowe; Susan Lowe ; Joseph Lowe and Edward M. Lowe. Joseph Lowe was edu-
cated in the public schools of York ; followed the sea many years, making voyages to Ja- maica, Bermuda, Labrador and other ports, sailing many times in the ship "Mary Remick," under Captain Moses Young, but during the last twenty years of his life he was collector of the port of York. In politics he was a Re- publican. His children: Mary S. Lowe, Sarah Lowe, John M. Lowe, George E. Lowe, Joseph Lowe, and Sophia V. Lowe, mentioned above.
The only child of Renough J. and Sophia V. (Lowe) Vinal is Paul Jewett Vinal, born in York, April 23, 1875, and educated in the public schools of Boston and York, and at Comer's Commercial College, Boston ; now en- gaged in the boating business in York ; mar- ried, October, 1905, Nellie F. Johnson, of York, and has one child, Marian Clark Vinal, born March, 1906.
The Dennett family is of DENNETT Norman origin, and Hugh D'Anet is said to have come to England with William the Conqueror. The Dennett family is numerous in England, and there are many who can trace their lineage hack six centuries or more. John and Alex- ander Dennett, brothers, came from England to Portsmouth between 1660 and 1670.
( I) John Dennett, immigrant ancestor men- tioned above, resided at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was a carpenter, and had a wife, Amy. He died May 5, 1709, aged sixty- three, and was buried at Point of Graves. Children: 1. John, born December 15, 1675, mentioned below. 2. Amy, born April 9, 1679, married John Adams. 3. Joseph, born July 19, 1681, married, June 24, 1704, Eliza- beth Meed; died about 1714. 4. Ephraim, born August 2, 1689, married Katherine
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Dennett, born December 15, 1675, died November 18, 1742. Like his father, he was a house-car- penter. In 1698 he bought land of Isaac Remick and settled at Great Cove, in Kittery, Maine. He married, February 5, 1701-02, Mary, widow of Alexander Shapleigh, and daughter of Christopher and Margaret Adams. Children : 1. Mary, born January 16, 1703-4, died unmarried ; she was blind. 2. Sarah, born August 15, 1706. married Joseph Hill. . 3.
John, born December 22, 1708, mentioned be- low. 4. Thomas, born June 15, 1712, married Mary Bartlett. 5. Eleanor, born March 8, 1714-15, died March 2, 1735-36.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) Dennett,
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born at Kittery, Maine, December 22, 1708, died October 26, 1797. He resided in Kittery; was selectman nineteen years, and deputy to the general court in 1750-1. He married Mary, born March 25, 1712, died in 1777, daughter of William and Mercy (Spin- ney) Tetherly. Children : 1. John, born Oc- tober 18, 1831, died January 20, 1736-37. 2. Eleanor, born April 28, 1734, married, De- cember 2, 1756, John Orr. 3. Mercy, born June 11, 1736, married, 1759, Mark Adams. 4. John, born March 15. 1737-38, married Abigail Carter. 5. William, born February I, 1739-40, mentioned below. 6. Mary, born March 7, 1741-42, married, May 13, 1768, Joseph Adams. 7. Mark, born November 13, 1744, married Mary Dennett. 8. Anne, born November 2, 1747, married (first) William Ham; (second) Tobias Walker. 9. Elizabeth, born February 2, 1750, married, 1777, Sam- uel Rice Jr. 10. Sarah, born June 8, 1751, married, 1778. Thomas Chase. 11. Thomas, born March 22, 1754, unmarried; went to sea and died abroad. 12. Hannah, born August 13, 1756, married, August 17, 1775, John Chase; died November 9, 1806.
(IV) William, son of John Dennett (3), born in Kittery, February I, 1739-40, died October 25, 1803. He married (first) Octo- ber 31, 1765, Sarah Paul, daughter of Jere- miah and Hannah (Hamilton) Paul. He mar- ried (second), May, 1770, Mary Adams, born May 17, 1752, died March 6, 1843, daughter of John and Mary (Fernald) Adams. Child of first wife: I. William, born November 18, 1766, married, 1792, Sarah Rice. Children of second wife: 2. John, born April 19, 1772, married (first) Betsey Dennett ; (second) Dor- cas Fernald. 3. Joseph, born November 24, 1774, married, April 10, 1796, Abigail Spin- ney. 4. Sarah, born October 9, 1778, married John Jenkins; died October 29, 1834. 5. Thomas, born September 25, 1782, married, April 4, 1805, Anne Fernald; died March 7, 1840. 6. Mark, born August 28, 1786, men- tioned below. 7. Benning, born August 30, 1790, married, December 24, 1812, Hannah Perkins.
(V) Mark, son of William Dennett (4), born in Kittery, Mainc, August 28, 1786, died April 30, 1883. Among his papers is found a record of some events in his early life, writ- ten by himself. He says: "In early boyhood I hated school, until about nine years old, when my fancy changed and I liked the school and began to stand at the head of my class. Our school privileges were very limited. I attended to nothing at school but reading,
spelling and writing until I was thirteen years old; but I progressed in the old arithmetic at home under the instruction of my father and brother, to the rule of three. At thirteen years I commenced the arithmetic at school, and during the winter term I mastered about one-half Merrill's Arithmetic. In the spring of 1800, at a short term of six weeks of Gram- mar School, I progressed in English Gram- mar so that I could parse simple sentences. In September a term of Grammar School com- menced, and I attended to the study of Latin, and during the winter I advanced into Virgil and Cicero. In the spring my father said that I must help him on the farm. In the winter of 1801-2 there was no Grammar School, and I mastered the last half of the arithmetic. In the winter of 1802-3 I studied Latin at home and recited my lessons once a week with Rev. William Briggs. October 25, 1803, my father died, and the care of the farm devolved on me, and I was thus deprived of school privileges. During the winter of 1803-4 I devoted every spare hour by day and very long evenings to the study of Greek, and in December, 1804, I received a certificate of qualification for teach- ing in the Grammar School from three min- isters who were college graduates. January I, 1805, at the age of eighteen, I commenced teaching the Grammar School in Kittery, and excepting two or three years ( when otherwise employed) I continued to do so several months each year until I was sixty years old, when my hearing failed and I declined the service. In 1807, my mind being religiously impressed, I was baptized and joined the Christian church, of which act I never repented."
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