Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume II, Part 60

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry S. (Henry Sweetser), 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 736

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(III) Captain Samuel, son of William Jr. and Rebecca (Paige) Marston, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, July 8, 1661. He married. in 1683-84, Sarah, daughter of Will- iam Sanborn, and lived on the homestead in Hampton, where eleven children were born to them: I. William, January, 1685. 2. Samuel (q. v.), July 7, 1687. 3. Lucy, September 15, 1689, died September 20, 1689. 4. Stephen,

December 2, 1691, died young. 5. Joseph, 1694. 6. Reuben, September 24, 1696. 7. Sarah, May 29, 1699, married Jacob Libby. 8. Hannah, September 17, 1701. 9. Ruth, April 19, 1704. 10. Mary, October 28, 1707, mar- ried, 1730, Moses Perkins. 11. Obediah, Sep- tember 28, 1710. Captain Samuel Marston made no will, but disposed of his estate by deeds giving a farm to each of his five sons and the homestead to his widow and youngest son, Obediah. He died November 8, 1723. His wife was born February 10, 1666, and died in the homestead at Hampton, April 17, 1738.

(IV) Ensign Samuel (2), second son of Captain Samuel (I) and Sarah (Sanborn) Marston, was born in Hampton, New Hamp- shire, July 7, 1687, died March 9, 1756. He married Catherine Carr, of Newbury, Massa- chusetts, and lived on the farm at Hampton, deeded him by his father. Children, born in Hampton : 1. Catherine, May 6, 1710, mar- ried, in 1729, Henry Elkins. 2. Winthrop, June 15, 1712. 3. Hepzibeth, March 19, 1714. 4. Samuel, June 26, 1716. 5. Mary, March 5, 1719, married John Wedgwood. 6. Hannah, June 7, 1722. 7. James, December 21, 1724. 8. Josiah (q. v.), June 17, 1726. Hepzibeth, Samuel, Hannah and James died young.

(V) Josialı, youngest child of Ensign Sam- uel (2) and Catherine (Carr) Marston, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, June 17, 1726. He married Hannah Moulton, about 1756, and removed from Hampton in 1768 to Middleton and from Middleton to Wakefield in 1796, where he died. Josiah and Hannah (Moulton) Marston had five children, the first four born in Hampton and the youngest in Middleton : I. Mary, May 31, 1758, married a Mr. Heady. 2. Samuel (q. v.), October 7, 1760. 3. Hannah, August 20, 1762, married a Mr. Moulton. 4. James, June 19, 1766. 5. Lucy, about 1769, married a Mr. Marrow.

(VI) Samuel (3), eldest son of Josiah and Hannah ( Moulton) Marston, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, October 7, 1760. He married, November 11, 1784, Sarah Hill, of Falmouth, Maine, and settled in Addison, Washington county, Maine. He was a lum- berman and farmer and served as a soldier in the American revolution for some years and was a pensioner during the last years of his life. He died in Addison, Maine, in Novem- ber, 1828. Children, born in Addison : I.

John, September 28, 1785. 2. Sylvia, 1787. 3. Samuel H., May 15, 1790. 4. Elizabeth, April, 1793, married Henry Cates. 5. Josiah, was drowned. 6. Sarah, January 29, 1797,

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married James Flynn. 7. William S. (q. v.). 8. Ruth, February 14, 1802.

(VII) William S., fourth son of Samuel (3) and Sarah ( Hill) Marston, was born in Addison, Washington county, Maine, May 15, 1799. He married, November 30, 1826, Han- nah Dorman, of Harrington, Maine, and they lived for a time in Beddington and in 1829 removed to Jonesboro, and in 1857 to Chelsea, Massachusetts, where he died July 17, 1862. His wife was born August 25, 1806, and died in Chelsea, Massachusetts, March 6, 1873. Children : 1. Gilbert B., born in Beddington, Maine, September 30, 1827. 2. Josiah W., December 31, 1829. 3. Daniel C. (q. v.), June 17, 1832. 4. Eliza Ann, October 1, 1834, mar- ried H. A. Johnson. 5. Lucy A., May 8, 1837, married Lyman Hilton. 6. Elvira F., Febru- ary 16, 1839, married William Burnett. 7. Sarah C., March 28, 1841, died July 17, 1861. 8. Cynthia A., February 12, 1844, married John J. Switzer. 9. Emma R., June 30, 1847, married Rev. G. B. Lawton. 10. Aubine E., September 23, 1849, married Daniel Johnson. II. William C., June 25, 1851.

(VIII) Daniel Clark, son of William S. and Hannah (Dorman) Marston, was born in Jonesboro, Maine. June 17, 1832. He married (first), January 1, 1859, Sylvesta S. Hall; three children; (second) at Brockton, Mas- sachusetts, October II, 1888, to Mariam, daughter of John Fogg and Sarah (Whit- ney ) Lord, of Jonesboro. and granddaugh- ter of Gustavus Fellows and Hannah (Lib- by) Whitney. Daniel Clark Marston was a master mariner and was shipwrecked on the coast of Oregon and as the first officer and master of a ship had visited New Zealand, Australia, Manila, Philippine Islands, both coasts of South America, most of the West In- dian ports and Spain and Portugal. He was treasurer of the town of Jonesboro at the time of his death, which occurred at his home in that town, January 25, 1905, having held the position of town treasurer for several years. During the civil war his ship was captured by Admiral Semmes of the Confederate States navy, and he was held a prisoner for a short time. His children by first wife were : I. Horace L., born January 25, 1861. 2. Maud L .. January 9, 1865, married Charles A. Ab- bott. 3. Madge L., October 12, 1869, married Russell L. Gilman. Children by second wife, born in Jonesboro, Maine, were: 4. Ruby Helen, July 12, 1894. 5. Perley Fogg, Octo- ber 6, 1897. (See Lord.)

Nathan Lord came from Kent, LORD England, with Abraham Conley, whose daughter Judith he married, and settled in Kittery, Maine. He was a man of prominence and held civil office. He mar- ried (second) Martha, daughter of William and Margery Everett, born in 1640. Nathan Lord died in 1733, aged about seventy-six years. Children: 1. Nathan Jr., born about 1657, married Martha Tozier and had six sons and five daughters. 2. Abraham, about 1658- 59, married Susanna , had a son Will- iam who died unmarried. The father died be- tween 1703 and 1706. 3. Samuel, whose es- tate was administered in 1689. If he left a widow Dorothy, she married, October 18, 1689, William Rockley, of Dover, New Hamp- shire. 4. Margery, married William Frost or Fost about 1692. 5. Martha, married Thomas Downs Jr., of Dover. 6. Ann, married Tobias Hanson, of Dover, August 28, 1698. 7. Daughter, married John Cooper, December 13, 1692. 8. Benjamin, married Patience Nason and had three sons and eight daughters. He, through his sons that married and had issue, became the progenitor of the Lords of Maine, New Hampshire and Eastern Massachusetts, including John Fogg Lord, the husband of Sarah Whitney (q. v.). He was born in Kit- tery, Maine, where his father was a farmer, and was brought to Centerville, Washington county, Maine, before the incorporation of the town, February 20, 1802, with his mother, and sisters, Mary, Olive, Mercy, Nancy and Laura. The party of emigrants, with their horses, household goods and necessary farming imple- ments, made their way to the Penobscot river, crossing the river in a rowboat in order to reach their new home, and in the boat was the four passengers and their belongings and the two horses. Here his father cleared up the land and built a log house. The place they selected for a house was in the wilderness and a few hardy pioneers followed in their path. John Fogg Lord married Sarah, daughter of Gustavus Fellows and Hannah (Libby) Whit- ney, of Jonesboro, Washington county, Maine. Gustavus Fellows, grandfather, was a pioneer settler in that new town organized March 4, 1809, and they had two children: Mariam (q. v.) and Laura Helen. Laura Helen Lord attended the Castine Normal school, and grad- uated from the Maine General Hospital Train- ing School as a professional nurse, December 16, 1894.

Mariam, eldest daughter of John Fogg and Sarah (Whitney) Lord, was born in Jones-

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boro, Maine, January 29, 1855. She attended the public schools of Jonesboro and the Maine State Normal school, where she prepared for the profession of teacher, but her ill health in- terfered with her plans. She married, at Brockton, Massachusetts, October 1I, 1888, Daniel Clark Marston (q. v.), of Jonesboro. Both were charter members of the Jonesboro Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. (See Whit- ney.)

WHITNEY John Whitney, of London, England, son of Thomas Whitney, of Westminster, England, was baptized July 20, 1592, and was the first Whitney in America, appearing in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in June. 1635. He was one of a noble family and traced his ancestry to the days of William the Conqueror, some ambitious researchers going even to an earlier period. It is not our purpose in this sketch to go back of the gen- erations that includes the children of Thomas Whitney, of Westminster. Children: 1. Mar- garet, 1584-1604. 2. Thomas, 1587-1588. 3. Henry, 1588-1589. 4. Arnivaye, 1590-1591. 5. John, 1592-1673. 6. Norwell, 1594-97. 7. Francis, 1599-1643. 8. Mary, 1600-1601. 9. Robert, 1605-1662.

(I) John, fifth child of Thomas Whitney, of Westminster, England, was baptized July 20, 1592, came to New England in 1635, sailing from London in May of that year accompanied by his wife Elinor and children: John, Rich- ard, Thomas and Jonathan. He was next to Mr. Norcross, the schoolmaster, and Mr. Brown, the deputy of the general court, the most influential man in the town in which he lived thirty-eight years and where he died June 8, 1673. His wife Elinor was born in England, 1599, died in Watertown, May II, 1659. The children of John, the immigrant, and Elinor Whitney were: 1. Mary, baptized at Islesworth, England, May 23, 1619, prob- ably died young. 2. John, baptized September 14, 1621, came to Watertown with his father ; married, in 1642, Ruth Reynolds, daughter of Robert of Watertown and Boston; children : John, Ruth, Nathaniel, Samuel, Mary, Joseph, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Benjamin. John Jr. died in Watertown, October 12, 1692. 3. Rich- ard, January 6, 1624, came to Watertown with his father in 1635; married, March 19, 1651, Martha Caldam, of Watertown; removed to Stow in 1681 ; children: Sarah, Moses, Joan- na, Debora, Rebecca, Richard, Elisha, Ebe- nezer. He died in Stow, Massachusetts. 4. Nathaniel, born in England, not mentioned in

his father's will and probably died young. 5. Thomas, born in England, married Mary Ken- dall or Kettle, of Watertown ; children : Thom- as, Mary, John, John, Eleazer, Elnathan, Mary, Bezaleil, Sarah, Mary, Isaiah, Martha. He died in Watertown, September 20, 1719, aged about ninety years. 6. Jonathan, born in England about 1634, came to America with his father; married, October 30, 1656, Lydia Jones; removed to Sherbourne in 1679; chil- dren : Lydia, Jonathan, Anna, John, Josiah, Eleanor, James, Isaac, Joseph, Abigail, Ben- jamin. He died in Sherbourne, Massachusetts, December, 1702, aged sixty-eight years. 7. Joshua, the first Whitney born in America, was born in Watertown, July 15, 1635 ; he was a pioneer settler of the town of Groton; he was married three times, his wives being re- spectively : Lydia, Mary and Abigail Tarbell; children : Hannah, Joshua, Sarah, Abigail, Mary, William, Cornelius, David, Martha, Elizabeth, Eleanor ; he died in Groton, Massa- chusetts, August 7, 1719, aged eighty-three years. 8. Caleb, born in Watertown, July 12, 1640, died there 1640. 9. Benjamin (q. v.).

(II) Benjamin, youngest son of John, the immigrant, and Elinor Whitney, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, June 6, 1643. He married (first), probably in York, Maine, Jane -, who died November 14, 1690 ; married (second), April 11, 1695, Mary Poor, of Marl- boro, Middlesex county, Massachusetts. He witnessed at York, Maine, in 1662-66-68, re- spectively, agreements of John Doves. He was in Cocheco, New Hampshire, near Dover, in 1667-68, and April 13, 1674. The select- men of York laid out ten acres of upland for Benjamin Whitney, but in spite of the wishes of his father who desired him to return to Watertown and receive from his father a deed for about seventeen acres of land in that town bounded by lands of John Sherman, William Bird and Martin Underwood, April 5, 1670, Benjamin and Jane, by consent of his father, deeded the land so consigned to Joshua for forty pounds, and thus relinquished all his rights in his father's estate. In 1635 Benjamin and Jane Whitney, of York, sold and conveyed land in that town to Jonathan Sayward. His wife died in York, November 14, 1690, after she had given birth to seven children : I.

Jane, born in Watertown, September 29, 1669, married, in Sherbourne, January 4, 1693, Jon- athan Morse. 2. Timothy, York, Maine, was a member of Captain Preble's company raised in 1703 for defence against the Indians. 3. John, York, about 1678, married Letty Ford. 4. Nathaniel (q. v.), April 14, 1680. 5. Jona-

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than. 1681, married Susanna Whitney. 6. Benjamin, married Esther Maverick, widow. 7. Joshua, September 21, 1687, married Han- nah Roekwood. Children of second marriage : 8. Mark, about 1700, married Tabitha Miller. 9. Isaac, married Elizabeth Bridges. Upon his second marriage, he located in Sherbourne, where his two younger children were born and where he died in 1723.

(III) Nathaniel, third son of Benjamin and Jane Whitney, was born in York, Maine, April 14, 1680. He married Sarah, daughter of John Ford, of Kittery, Maine, born in York. They removed to Gorham, Maine, and in 1703 he joined the military company in York raised to defend the settlers against the Indians. He was a weaver in Kittery, but also purchased land in York, including twenty acres of John Rockleft for twenty pounds. He died in Gor- ham, Maine. Children: 1. Nathan, born Jan- tary 10, 1706, married Lydia Young. 2. Na- thaniel, December 12, 1709, married Molly Day. 3. Abel (q. v.). 4. Sarah, November 8, 1714, married Jeremiah Simpson. 5. Lydia, died July 14, 1720. 6. Isaac, March 9, 1720, married Sarah Crosby. 7. Amos, March 5, 1723, married Sarah Payne. 8. Lydia, July 22, 1726, died March 23, 1727. 9. Joanna, March 13, 1729.

(IV) Abel, third son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Ford) Whitney, was born in York, Maine, July 23, 1712. He married, November 28, 1735, Mary, daughter of Nicholas Cram, and he lived in York, Gorham and Standish, Maine. Children : I. Joanna, October 10, 1736. 2. Moses, February 17, 1738. 3. Jo- seph. March 1. 1739. 4. Daniel, September 7, 1741, died before 1754. 5. Joel (q. v.). 6. May, October 5, 1744. 7. Lydia, July 31, 1746. 8. Zebulon, November 27, 1747, mar- ried Joanna Stone. 9. Joanna, September 27, 1749. 10. Naphthali, February 10, 1750. II. Micha, December 11, 1752, married Hannah Cobb. 12. Daniel, September 27, 1754.

(V) Joel, son of Abel and Mary (Cram) Whitney, was born in the old town of York, Maine, May 21, 1743. He removed to Fal- mouth, now Portland, Maine, where he was married to Mary Weston, and moved thence to Chandler's River. His wife was a sister of Josiah Weston, whose wife Hannah Weston was famous in revolutionary times. Their daughter Hannah was the first girl of English parentage and the first child born in the set- tlement, which was known as Chandler's River up to 1789, when the land comprising the set- tlement was granted to John C. Jones, of Mas- sachusetts, and he gave the place the name of

Jonesboro. Ephraim, brother of Hannah, and eldest son of Joel and Mary ( Weston) Whit- ney, was the first white boy born in the set- tlement. Joel Whitney was prominent in the affairs of the town and his judgment was much relied on in business matters. He left his estate, which consisted of lands, mills and other property, to the charge of his son Ephraim. He had built a log house at the end of the mill dam on the south side of Chandler's river, and he died there in 1789. Children: Hannah. Mary, Ephraim (q. v.), Reuben, Abel, Joel, Porter.

(VI) Captain Ephraim, eldest son of Joel and Mary (Weston) Whitney, was born at Chandler's River, Maine. November 7, 1770, the first white child born in the place. He was captain of a company of militia, a repre- sentative in the general court of Massachusetts for ten successive years, assessor of the town of Jonesboro, selectman, treasurer and agent of the town, and held the office of postmaster for several years. The first town meeting held in Jonesboro, Maine, March 27, 1809, was "warned" by him. He was a member of the constitutional convention held in 1820 to frame a constitution for the new state of Maine and he represented the town of Jonesboro in the first Maine state legislature that met after it was separated from Massachusetts and was admitted into the sisterhood of states, and he was again elected as a representative and took an active part in the early legislature so in- corporated to the stability and growth of the new state. He married, July 9. 1794, Sarah Noyes; children: Gustavus Fellows (q. v.), Mary, Betsey, Beriah, married Lucy Hall ; Phœbe, Joel, Sophia, Ann, Nancy, Porter, Josiah, Clara.

(VII) Gustavus Fellows, eldest child of Ephraim and Sarah (Noyes) Whitney, was born in Jonesboro, Maine, June 8, 1822. He married Hannah Libby, and their daughter, Sarah, born in Jonesboro, married John Fogg Lord, of Centerville, Maine, and they had two children : Mariam and Laura Helen, men- tioned above.

The Bergeron family is of BERGERON ancient French origin. The family bears this coat-of- arms : Gules au chevron d'or acc. de trois croisettes d'argent. The family seat is at Toulouse, France. Two immigrants of this name were early settlers in Quebec, Canada. André Bergeron, born in France, 1643, mar- ried Marguerite, daughter of Jean Dumay. In 1696 lie gave his house for the use of a mis-

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sionary of St. Nicholas who baptized and said mass there. Children: 1. Jean, born Decem- ber 29, 1676, married, November 9, 1699, Mar- guerite Guernon. 2. Pierre, born May 15, 1678, died December, 1701, at St. Nicholas. 3. Jacques, born 1681, married, April 2, 1704, Marie Louise Brenon. 4. Marie Francoise, born June 30, 1682. 5. Eustache, born May II, 1693. 6. Genevieve, born June 1, 1695. 7. Nicholas, born April 15, 1697. 8. Joseph, born June 28, 1699.

(I) Francois Bergeron, probably brother of André Bergeron, settled at Trois-Rivieres, Canada, in the province of Quebec, where his descendants have lived to the present time. He married Etiennette Le Clerc. Children born at Trois-Rivieres : I. Francois, born February 1I, 1682. 2. Marie Claire, born June 14, 1686, at Sorel, married, November 5, 1709, Jean Charles Vacher. 3. Pierre, born July 15, 1691. 4. Maurice, born May, 1694. 5. Charlotte, born September 21, 1696, married Maurice Gelmas. 6. Marie Francoise, born Au- gust 17, 1699. 7. Margaret, married, 1728, Jean Baptiste Fouvault. 8. Jeanne, born Jan- uary II, 1701, married Nicholas Vanasse.

(II) Louis Bergeron, a descendant of the pioneers mentioned above, was born in Riviere du Loup, and for many years conducted a re- tail grocery store and a considerable lumber business in Trois-Rivieres. He died at Trois- Rivieres, Canada, in March, 1895. He mar- ried Julia Lemyre, born in Miskinonge, prov- ince of Quebec, and died September 13, 1896. Children : Rev. Father Louis, born April 9, 1849, mentioned below ; Victoria, Joseph, Em- ma, Irénée, Dorilla, Arthur, Corinna, Blanche, Virginie, Cecile, Eva.

(III) Rev. Father Louis (2), son of Louis (1) Bergeron, was born in Trois-Rivieres, Canada, province of Quebec, April 9, 1849. He attended the Brothers' school at Trois- Rivieres and St. Joseph Seminary, where he was a student eleven years. After teaching in the seminary seven years he was appointed as- sistant to Rev. Father Dupont, pastor of the French Catholic Church of Biddeford. In 1891 he was appointed to take charge of the new parish at Fairfield, Maine, where previ- ously a mission had been located and the masses said by priests from adjacent towns. He built a new church, beginning it in 1891 and celebrating the first mass in it on Passion Sunday, 1892. He was a popular and effi- cient pastor. In 1899 he was appointed to the pastorate of St. Andre's Church, which posi- tion he holds at the present time. In this par- ish are eight hundred and twenty-five families,

comprising about four thousand three hundred souls. There is in process of construction at the present time a new church that will cost a hundred thousand dollars. Father Bergeron has built a new parochial school building that will accommodate about seven hundred pupils. A handsome parsonage adjoins the church.

The surname Hanson is of HANSON very ancient origin, and was handed down by the Flemings to the English speaking people. The root of the name was Hans, which is only one of the abbreviations of the original Johannes, and from the latter we derive the familiar Han- sons, Hankins, Hankinsons, Hancocks, and others. The Hansons of Maine have figured very prominently in the affairs of the Old Pine Tree state, in all the various walks of life, and in positions requiring business sagacity, cour- age, tact and integrity they are to be found in the foremost ranks. They possess strong and robust constitutions, stalwart and muscular frames. The family has been traced through many centuries and generations in the Old World. For the purpose of this article we shall begin by numbering the American an- cestor I. The generations which appear to be authentic in the Old World begin with: I. Roger de Rastrich, living in 1251, time of Henry III, in Wapentake of Morley, York- shire, England; held lands in Rastrich, Skir- coat, Clayton, Bradford, etc. II. Hugh de Rastrich. III. John de Rastrich. IV. John de Rastrich. V. Henry de Rastrich. VI. John de Rastrich, called "Henry's son," then Han- son. VII. John Hanson. VIII. John Hanson. IX. John Hanson, whose descendants founded the family in New Hampshire.

(I) Thomas Hanson had a grant of one hundred acres of land ( 1I, II mo. 1658) near Salmon Falls, in the province of New Hamp- shire. He came to Dover, New Hampshire, in 1639, and died 1666. He was admitted a free- man May 4, 1661, and in 1664-65 lived at Cochecho, where he was taxed as Thomas Sr., 1664-65. His name does not appear again on the list of taxables, but his widow was taxed in 1666 and 1672. "Old Widow Hanson," as the record reads, was killed June 28, 1689. The will of Thomas Hanson was admitted to probate June 27, 1666, and his wife Mary was named in that instrument as his executrix. He gave money to his two daughters, and di- vided his real estate and other property among his sons, Tobias and Thomas, and two others then under age, Isaac and Timothy. The children of Thomas and Mary Hanson were :

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Thomas, born about 1643; Tobias; Isaac, taxed at Cochecho in 1672; Timothy and the two daughters who are not named.

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas Hanson, of Dover, and Mary, his wife, was born about 1643, and was taxed at Cochecho from 1664 to 1667. He married and had children, but the name of his wife is not known. His chil- dren were: Thomas, born about 1680; John, Nathaniel, Nancy, Elizabeth, James and Abi- gail. (John and descendants are noticed at length in this article.) The will of Thomas (2) was dated February 4, 1711, and men- tions his wife as Mercy, also all of the chil- dren above noted except his son John.

(III) John, second son of Thomas (2) Han- son, born about 1682, lived at Nock's Marsh. Quint's "Ancient Dover" states that as lie was a Quaker he declined to leave the exposed place where he lived when the Indian troubles of 1724 began, and his home was marked for an attack by thirteen Indians and French Mo- hawks, who lay several days near it in am- bush, waiting until Hanson and his men should be away. Then when he had gone to the week-day meeting of his church, August 27, 1724, and his two sons were at work at a dis- tance, the Indians entered the house. Mrs. Hanson, a servant and four children were in the house, of which one child the Indians im- mediately killed to terrify the others ; two other children were at play in the orchard and would have escaped, but just as the Indians had fin- ished rifling the house, the two came in sight and made such a noise that the Indians killed the youngest boy to stop an alarm. They then started for Canada with Mrs. Hanson (who had been confined but fourteen days prior ), her babe, a boy of six years, and two daugh- ters, one fourteen years old, the other sixteen, and the servant girl. All reached Canada, but the party was repeatedly subdivided during the journey. The first person who discovered the tragedy was Hanson's eldest daughter, on her return from meeting. Seeing the children dead, she uttered a shriek which was distinctly heard by her mother in the hands of the en- emy and her brothers at work. Pursuit was instantly made, but the Indians avoided all paths and escaped undiscovered. After this disaster, Hanson removed the remainder of his family to the house of his brother, "who," says Belknap, "though of the same religious persua- sion, yet had a number of lusty sons and al- ways kept firearms in good order for the pur- pose of shooting game." Mr. Hanson soon after the attack went to Canada to ransom his

family. The following item from the News Letter of 1725 is of interest in that connection :

"Newport, August 27th (1725). On Tues- day last (Aug. 24), arrived here, Mr. John Hanson, of Dover, Piscataqua, and about a Month's time from Canada, but last from New York, with his wife and three children and a Servant Woman ; as also one Ebenezer Downs, having a wife and five children at Piscataqua ; also one Miles Thompson, a Boy, who were all taken Captives about Twelve months since, by the Enemy Indians, and carried to Canada, except the above named Hanson; who at the same time lost two of his sons by the Indians ; & now it hath cost him about £700 for their Ransom, including his other necessary charges. He likewise informs, That another of his chil- dren, a young woman of about Seventeen Years of Age was carried captive at the same time with the rest of the family, with whom he convers'd for several Hours, but could not obtain hier Ransom; for the Indians would not consent to part with her on any terms, so he was obliged to leave her." Mr. Hanson reached home September I, 1725, but he could not content himself while his daughter Sarah was in Canada; and about April 19, 1727, he started in company with a kinsman, who with his wife was bound on a similarly sad errand to redeem children ; but he was taken sick on the journey and died about half-way between Albany and Canada-one account says Crown Point. The daughter married a Frenchman and never returned." So far as records are obtained, John Hanson's family were as fol- lows: He married 23 5 mo. 1703, Elizabeth Their children were : Hannah, Sarah, Elizabeth, John, Isaac, Daniel, Ebenezer, Ca- leb, and a daughter whose name was not given.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume II, Part 60

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry S. (Henry Sweetser), 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe Publication date: 1909 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 736

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry S. (Henry Sweetser), 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 736