Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume II, Part 88

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

USA > Maine > Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume II > Part 88

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

He married (first), in 1812, Elizabeth, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Parsons) Emery. She died August 29, 1827, and he married (second), November 17, 1829, Abigail Moulton, born May 16, 1809, died May 8, 1834. He married (third), in Limerick, Maine, September 22, 1836, Mary J. Hill, born 1807, died February 11, 1861. He married (fourth), October 20, 1861, Mrs. Sarah A. Gowen, who died December 28, 1877, aged seventy-four years. Children of first wife, born in Sanford, Maine: I. Caleb, born March 18, 1813, died about 1890. 2. William,

March 3, 1815, died February 28, 1821. 3. Mary Ann, January 7, 1817, died April 28, 1821. 4. Elizabeth, February 3, 1819, died July, 1900. 5. Mary Ann, April 5, 1821, died December 1, 1873, in Brookline, Massachu- setts. 6. William, March 15, 1823, mentioned below. 7. Titus S., March 3, 1825, died about 1891 ; married, January 23, 1851, Annie Wit- mer, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 8. Martha G., May 27, 1827, died at Great Falls, New Hampshire, August 29, 1855. Children of second wife: 9. George, April 24, 1831, died April 1, 1853; graduate of Philadelphia Col- lege of Medicine. 10. Helen B., August I, 1833, died March 3, 1834. Children of third wife: 11. Edward H., July 9, 1837, removed to Kansas. 12. Charles Oscar, November 15, 1838. 13. Howard, July 9, 1845, died in San- ford, July 15, 1869.

(VIII) Hon. William (3), son of William (2) Emery, was born March 15, 1823. He was educated in the public schools of North Yarmouth, Maine, and in Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. He began the study of law in the office of Bradley & Haines, after- ward the firm of Bradley & Eastman, of Saco. He completed his legal studies at Harvard Law School. He aided in raising Company H when the war with Mexico broke out, and was elected captain when the company was organized December 12, 1846. He served in the Mexican campaign with credit, and on his return was admitted to the bar of York county in 1847 and forthwith began the practice of law. He rose rapidly to the top of his profes- sion and enjoyed a large and interesting prac- tice. He became a leader in his profession, well known in all walks of life, and especially honored among the lawyers themselves, who best knew his ability and character. His health failing in 1869 he went south. On his return he entered into political life with renewed vigor and success. Mr. Emery was a con- spicuous figure in the public life of Maine for many years, and when a resident of Lebanon held various municipal offices. In 1854 he rep- resented his district, comprising the towns of Sanford and Lebanon, in the state legislature. He removed to Alfred, Maine, in May, 1871, and held various municipal offices in that town and was county attorney. He was a Democrat in politics and of large influence in his party, a natural political leader. He was an earnest supporter of the reform measures of 1878, and among the foremost advocates of a reduction of salaries in York county offices as well as in the state offices. He led this movement at the earnest request of his townsmen, solely for

952

STATE OF MAINE.

the public good and relief of the taxpayers. He was a candidate for congress against Thomas B. Reed at one time. Mr. Emery was an able lawyer, far-sighted and shrewd, up- right and honorable in his practice as in his private life. He had a pleasing and magnetic personality, attracting many friends and re- taining friendship once secured. He was a member of Fraternal Lodge of Free Masons, of Alfred. In religion he was a Congregation- alist. He died at his home in Alfred, August 31, 1889.

He married, May 26, 1852, Harriet W. Fall, born at Lebanon, Maine, February 18, 1832, died March 18, 1903. Children: 1. Martha G., born October 24, 1853, died December 20, 1854. 2. Ella H., born July 8, 1863, married, October, 1882, John B. Donovan, an attorney- at-law of Biddeford, Maine. (See sketch of John B. Donovan herewith.)

HOWE There are several early emigrant

ancestors of this name, but John Howe, of Watertown, Sudbury, and Marlborough, Massachusetts, was one of the earliest, if not the first, of this name in New England, and his progeny now consti- tutes a large part of the family of this cogno- men in the eastern states. The Howes of America are descended from Abraham Howe, of Roxbury, and John "How" of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts. Some of them, notably Elias Howe, the inventor of the sew- ing machine, have developed remarkable me- chanical ingenuity, and several are distin- guished for their intellectual attainments and philanthropy.

(1) John Howe, a son of John Howe, of Warwickshire, England, was for a long time a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1638 or 1639 he was one of the first settlers of Sudbury, where he was admitted freeman May 13, 1640, and was selectman in 1642. His name appears on the contract of February 7, 1642, as a member of the committee repre- senting the town with whom John Rutter agrees to build the first meeting house erected in the town. He petitioned in 1656 for the grant of Marlborough, and is said to have been the first white settler on the grant, to which he moved in 1657. He was appointed by the pastor of the church and selectmen to see to restraining the youth on the Lord's day. His kindness and honesty gained for him the con- fidence of the Indians to such an extent that he was often called upon to settle disputes among them. He opened the first public house in Marlborough, and he kept it for several

years. His grandson, David Howe, son of Samuel Howe, received of his father in 1702 a grant of one hundred and thirty acres of land, in the "New Grant" territory, on which he built the Red Horse Inn or old "Howe Tavern," the famous "Wayside Inn" of Long- fellow. The date of his death is given as 1678, and also as 1687, July 10. By his wife Mary, who survived him twenty years, he had twelve children : John, Samuel, Sarah, Mary (died young), Isaac, Josiah, Mary, Thomas, Daniel (died young), Alexander, Daniel and Eleazer.

(II) John (2), eldest child of John ( I) and Mary Howe, was born 1640, in Sudbury, and resided in Marlborough, Massachusetts, where the births of his children are recorded. It is presumed that he had other children born be- fore his settlement in Marlborough. He was killed by the Indians in Sudbury, April 20, 1676, and his house and buildings were de- stroyed by the same enemy. He was married January 22, 1662, but the Christian name of his wife, Elizabeth, is all that is preserved. Children, born in Marlborough : John, David and Elizabeth. Others were born in Sudbury (mention of Josiah and descendants appears in this article). His brother, Samuel Howe, was proprietor of the farm in Sudbury, Massachu- setts, on which sat the noted Howe Tavern, made famous by Longfellow in his "Tales of a Wayside Inn."

(III) Josiah (1), fourth son and sixth child of John (2) and Elizabeth Howe, was born in 1650, in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He set- tled in Marlborough, and married, March 18, 1672, Mary, daughter of Deacon John Haynes, of Sudbury. Josiah Howe died 1711, and his estate was administered by his widow. Sub- sequently she married John Prescott. Josiah Howe was a soldier in King Phillip's war, and was one of those who rallied to the defense of the town when attacked by the Indians. His children were: Mary (died young), Mary (died young), Josiah, Daniel and Ruth.

(IV) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (1) and Mary (Haynes) Howe, was born in Marlbor- ough, 1678, settled there and married, June 14, 1700, Sarah Bigelow. He married ( sec- ond), November 22, 1713, Mary Marble. The children of Josiah and Sarah ( Bigelow) Howe were: Phineas, Abraham and Rachel. The children of Josiah and Mary ( Marble) Howe were: Sarah, Mary, Josiah and Jacob.

(V) Phineas (1), son of Josiah (2) and Sarah ( Bigelow) Howe, was born in Marl- borough, December, 1707, settled in Shrews- bury, North Precinct, and was admitted to the Shrewsbury church. His farm was in what is

953

STATE OF MAINE.

now the town of Boylston. He was married, March 22, 1732, at Shrewsbury, where he was living, to Abigail Bennett, who died there Jan- uary 4, 1801, aged ninety-three years and twenty days. Their children, all born in North Precinct and baptized in the Shrewsbury church, were: Phineas, Bezaleel, Silas, Abi- gail and Elizabeth.

(VI) Silas, third son and child of Phineas and Abigail (Bennett) Howe, was baptized February 13, 1737, and settled in what is now Boylston, then the north precinct of Shrews- bury, where he was a farmer, and where he died, October 10, 1817. His wife's baptismal name was Abigail, but her family name is un- known. She died January 18, 1813, aged sixty-nine years. Their children were: Levi, Ephraim, John, Silas, Abraham, Abigail, Per- sis, Tamar, and one who died in childhood unnamed.

(VII) John (3), son of Silas and Abigail Howe, was born in Marlborough, Massachu- setts, about 1775. He had a homestead in Boylston, where he married and died, leaving among other children a son Phineas, named for his grandfather.

(VIII) Phineas (2), son of John (3) Howe, of Boylston, was born in that town De- cember 1, 1802. He was a brickmaker and farmer, and after he removed from Massachu- setts to Canton, Oxford county, Maine, car- ried on a large stock farm and drove beef cat- tle gathered in the new region lately settled by a sturdy community of well-equipped farm- ers and stock raisers to the great Brighton cat- tle market near Boston. He married Phila P. Holland, and their children were: John Ward and Sybil.

(IX) John Ward, son of Phineas (2) and Phila P. (Holland) Howe, was born at Can- ton, Oxford county, Maine, May 19, 1831. He attended the district school in winter, and as a boy worked on his father's farm during the summer months. He also assisted in driving the cattle to the Brighton market, and knew the highway route he so frequently traveled on foot through Maine, New Hampshire and northeast Massachusetts and the fairest resting places in the route before he was fifteen years of age. He invested in real estate all the money he made by farming and cattle dealing, and was sharp to make profitable sales of farms and town lots, especially in Rumford Falls, then an embryo town, and his real es- tate holdings at the time of his death were par- ticularly valuable in that place. He voted with the Republican party, was a member of the Farmers' Alliance and of the local grange. He

was a member of Anasagunticook Lodge, No. 32, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Canton. Mr. Howe was married, July 10, 1859, to Clara C. Marsh, of Dixfield, Maine, and their children, all born in Canton, Maine, were: 1. A son who died in infancy. 2. Ells- worth Ward, died in his fourth year. 3. Elliot Ward, mentioned below. 4. Sybil Alice, mar- ried John Clair Minot, of Augusta, Maine, as- sistant editor of the Kennebec Journal. 5. Cora Belle, who resides with her widowed mother in Dixfield, Maine, her mother's na- tive town. 6. Carroll Phineas, married Grace Colcord, of Dixfield; children: Harlan Col- cord and Ada Carver Howe: Carroll Phineas is a grain merchant in Dixfield. 7. Abbie Marsh, married George Cary Gray, of Port- land, Maine, member of the firm of Twitchell Champlin Company of Portland.

(X) Elliot Ward, son of John Ward and Clara C. (Marsh) Howe, was born in Canton, Oxford county, Maine, October 3, 1866. He had excellent school advantages, going from a district school in his native town to Wilton Academy, where he was graduated, and thence to the Dirigo Business College, Augusta, Maine, until 1888. He found an excellent sit- uation in a wholesale grocery house in Boston and remained there one year. He returned to his native state in 1889 and accepted a position in the Atkinson Furniture Company of Port- land, and was soon sent by the company to Gardiner, Maine, to open a branch store, which he conducted successfully up to 1895, when the business was transferred to Augusta as a more central position, and he remained in Augusta one year, when he resigned in order to open · a business as dealer in grain, wood and lumber in his native town of Canton, and he sold out the business in April, 1905, and opened a fur- niture and undertaking business at Rumford Falls, where he also became interested finan- cially and as a director of the Rumford Fuel Company. He is the president and one of the promoters of the Rumford Falls and Bethel street railroad. He is one of four promoters of the Hanover Springs Company, organized for the purpose of bottling and distributing both plain and carbonated water from the cel- ebrated spring of Hanover. He also owns and operates three different farms. He was a selectman of the town of Canton for two years, and served as a member of the school board almost continuously. He was a representative from Canton in the state legislature in 1902-03, and was a member of the house committee on taxation. His progress in the Masonic frater- nity began with membership in Hermon

954

STATE OF MAINE.

Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Gardiner, and thence to the Royal Arch Chap- ter of Rumford, the Strathglass Commandery, Knights Templar, the Kora Temple and the Eastern Star. He was initiated into the An- asagunticook Lodge, No. 32, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, of Canton, Maine, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Rumford Falls, the Rebekah, and Grange. He married, May 5, 1889, Mary Ella, daughter of Thomas and Emily Wright, of Jay, later of Canton, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Howe have their home in a delightful street in Rumford Falls, Maine.

CALDERWOOD Calderwood is an an- cient Scotch surname, doubtless a place name before it was used as a surname. The seat of the family is in Lanarkshire, where it was es- tablished the year 1300. One branch went to Ireland when King James settled Ulster with Scotch Presbyterians.

The Hamilton and Montgomery families set- tled in county Down, Ireland, about 1620, and proved the most successful promoters of the Scottish plantation and were intimately con- nected with the subsequent vicissitudes of the Presbyterian church in Ulster. Rev. Andrew Stewart, son of one of the first Protestant ministers in Ireland, wrote of the Scotch set- tlement in Ireland. Of this settlement in Dows, he said: "Therefore the lords having a good bargain themselves, make some of their friends sharers as freeholders under them. Thus came several farmers under Mr. Mont- gomery, gentleman from Scotland, and of the names of Shaw, Culderwoods, Boyds, of the. Keiths from the North. And some founda- tions are laid for towns, and incorporations, as Newton, Donaghadee, Comber, Old and New, Grey-Abbey. Many Hamiltons also followed Sir James, especially his own brethren, all of them worthy men; and other farmers as the Maxwells, Rosses, Barclays, Moors, Nayleys and others whose posterity hold good to this day." (See p. 550, vol. I, Hanna's Scotch- Irish.) But Antrim seems to have been the home of the Calderwoods in Ireland. In 1890 of the twelve births of this name in Ireland, ten were in Antrim.

(I) James Calderwood, immigrant ancestor of the American family, was born in London- derry, Ireland, or vicinity, and came from Lon- donderry in November, 1725, to Londonderry. New Hampshire, where he bought a farm of thirty acres of land of James Rogers. He married, in Ireland, Margaret - -. Chil-

dren : I. Jane, born in Ireland, died 1802 at Vinal Haven, Maine. 2. John, born February 15, 1725, mentioned below. 3. Robert, born at Londonderry, New Hampshire, February 22, 1727, removed to Warren, Maine, about 1750, and with his brother John started for New York, and was never heard from again.

(II) John, son of James Calderwood, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, February 15, 1725. He came to America in November fol- lowing with his parents and lived during his youth in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He and his brother removed to Warren, Maine, after the death of their father, about 1750. Subsequently John sold his farm there in 1769 and removed to North Fox Island, now North Haven, Maine, and afterward to South Fox Island, now Vinal Haven, Maine. His home at North Haven was near the Baptist church. In 1770 he exchanged it for Major White's farm on South Island or Vinal Haven. He built the first frame house in the town, and the farm has remained in possession of his family to the present time. He died in 1808. He married Elizabeth MIcCurdy, born July 20, 1731, probably at Bristol, Maine, and died about 1798. They had thirteen children, among whom were: Thomas, born January 21, 1752, married Eleanor Fassett, probably then of Bristol; (second) Abigail Gray; (third) Mrs. Stoddard; (fourth ) Patience Clark ; he was a soldier in the revolution and was a pensioner. James, fourth name on the list of Vinal Haven settlers. Samuel. Mark, father of David Calderwood, who was the fa- ther of Mrs. Ezra Calderwood, Hannah D. Calderwood. Jesse, thirteenth and youngest child, mentioned below.

(III) Jesse, son of Jolin Calderwood, was born November 6, 1773, at Vinal Haven, Maine. He resided at Vinal Haven and mar- ried Susannah Green of that town. He died January II, 1858. They had twelve children, among whom were: Samuel, second child, born September 15, 1798, married Sally Brown: (second) Abigail Tilton; resided in Knox, Maine, where he died, February 5, 1860 ; his son Samuel, born December 29, 1832, resides (1907) at 75 Concord street, Wood- ford Station, Maine. Ezra, born February 17, 1823, mentioned below. Jesse. Willard.

Eliza.

(IV) Ezra, son of Jesse Calderwood, born in Vinal Haven, February 17, 1823, was killed on the Bowlder Valley railroad, Colorado, September 20, 1876. He married, January, 1847, Hannah D., born at Vinal Haven, Feb- ruary 8, 1825, died December 14, 1866, daugh-

955

STATE OF MAINE.

ter of David Calderwood (4), granddaughter of Mark Calderwood (3) and great-grand- daughter of John Calderwood (2). Children of David Calderwood: Henry, Mary. Hannah D., mentioned above ; Ann, Jennie, Charles V. and Bloomfield. Ezra Calderwood was edu- cated in the public schools of Vinal Haven and learned the trade of shipbuilding. He worked for some years building fishing schoon- ers. He had a grocery store on the island for a time. In the fall of 1860 he came to Port- land and established a grocery store in part- nership with Mr. Beckett under the firm name of Calderwood & Beckett. He disposed of his interests in 1865 on account of ill health and retired. He went west for the sake of his health and met his death while working on the Bowlder Valley railroad. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Portland. He was a select- man of Vinal Haven in 1848. Children of Ezra and Hannah D. Calderwood: 1. Lincoln A., born December 29, 1847, resides in Boston. 2. Franklin N., born September 18, 1851, re- sides in Portland, Maine. 3. George G., born November 9, 1852, mentioned below. 4. Ev- erard M., born July 3, 1854, died September 3, 1870. 5. Vesta N., born January 28, 1858, died March 18, 1863. 6. Elmer E., born May 14, 1861, is in St. Paul, Minnesota. 7. William, born October 21, 1862, died August 16, 1864. 8. Edward K., born February 15, 1864, died August 4, 1864.

(V) George Greenville, son of Ezra Calder- wood, was born in North Haven, Maine, No- vember 9, 1852. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of North Haven and Portland, Maine. He began to work for a living in a bakery in Portland owned by Reuben Kent, and in 1872 entered the employ of his brother in the same line of business, also in Portland. In 1880 he left his brother to engage in busi- ness in Biddeford in partnership with Mr. West, the firm buying the business of Alfred Pierce, a baker with an established trade. The firm name was West & Calderwood, and in the course of time Mr. Calderwood became the sole owner. In addition to his bakery he built up a trade in confectionery, etc. He recently sold the bakery to Grant & Matzen, and his confectionery business to his son, and at the present time is not in active business. He makes his home at Biddeford. In politics Mr. Calderwood is independent. He is a member of Dunlap Lodge of Free Masons of Bidde- ford ; of York Royal Arch Chapter ; of Maine Council, Royal and Select Masters; and of Bradford Commandery. Knights Templar, of

Biddeford. He is also a member of Kora Temple, Order of Mystic Shrine, Lewiston ; of Laconia Lodge of Odd Fellows, Biddeford ; York Encampment and Canton J. H. Dear- born. In religion he is a Universalist. He is a well-known and highly respected citizen, up- right and honorable in all the relations of life, a man of many steadfast friends. He married, January 2, 1876, Ella A., born September 21, 1854, daughter of George H. and Martha A. Barr, of Portland. Children : I. Harry Clif- ton, born July 1, 1877, mentioned below. 2. Eva M., born June 25, 1881, educated in the public schools of Biddeford, graduating from the high school; married, March 4, 1903, Frank Wallace, of Portland, Maine; in the summer of 1907, while abroad, she visited the ancient seat of the Calderwood family, Castle Blamtyre, Calderwood, Scotland.

(VI) Harry Clifton, son of George Green- ville Calderwood, was born in Portland, July I, 1877, and attended the public and high schools of Biddeford and Shaw's Business Col- lege, Portland. He was associated in business with his father for two years. Then he bought his father's interests in the confectionery busi- ness and has continued it alone. He is a mem- ber of Dunlap Lodge of Free Masons, Bidde- ford. In religion he is a Universalist ; in poli- tics a Republican. He married, November 24, 1904, Thanksgiving Day, Gertrude, of Saco, born in Saco, July 9, 1882, daughter of Ed- ward W. and Annie ( Hersey ) Deland. They have one child, Arnold D., born July 27, 1906.

This is the usual spelling of TIBBETTS the name in present use, though a part of the family employ the form Tebbets, Tibbets or Tibbits. It is among the earliest in New Hampshire, and has been continuously associated with the development of New England in worthy ways. From southeastern New Hampshire it has spread to all parts of the United States, and is found in connection with pioneer settlements in many localities.

(1) Henry Tibbetts, ancestor of nearly all of the name in America, was born in England about the year 1596, and embarked from Lon- don, July 13, 1635, in the ship "James" bound for New England. He was accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth, born in the same year as himself, and sons, Jeremiah, born 1631, and Samuel, 1633. He was a shoemaker by trade, and soon settled in Dover, New Hampshire, where he had a grant of three and one-half acres of land for a house lot at Dover Neck. At different times he had other grants, in-

956

STATE OF MAINE.

cluding one of the twenty acres situated on the west side of Back river ( now called the Bellamy river) and another of one hundred acres adjoining the Newichawanock river in what is now Rollinsford, then Dover. He held several minor offices in the town, was a hard-working, industrious farmer, and for some years was the only shoemaker in the place. lle died in 1676, at the age of eighty years, having survived his wife, Elizabeth, several years. They had several children born after their arrival in America.

(II) Jeremiah, eldest child of Henry and Elizabeth Tibbetts, born 1631, in England, died in the summer of 1677. His will was dated May 5, and proved October 31, of that year. His widow Mary survived him and married a Mr. Loomis. He lived at Dover, where he was a farmer and for several years kept the jail or prison of the colony. He had several grants from the town, one embracing one hundred acres of land in what is now Rollins- ford and another of three and one-half acres at Dover Neck for a house lot, on which he built his residence. He inherited the greater part of his father's lands, including the one- hundred-acre tract in Rollinsford. He mar- ried Mary. daughter of Thomas Canney, a neighbor who lived but a short distance from the Tibbetts home. She died at Dover, July 2, 1706. Children : Jeremiah, Mary, Thomas, Hannah. Joseph, Samuel, Benjamin, Ephraim. Martha. Elizabeth, Nathaniel and Henry ( mention of Samuel and descendants forms part of this article ).

(III) Thomas, second son of Jeremiah and Mary (Canney) Tebbets, was born February 24, 1659, and resided at Dover Neck. a few rods below the site of the old church on the hill, on the westerly side of the highway. For many years he was town clerk of Dover, and to him we are indebted for the collecting and preservation of nearly all of the vital records of early Dover. At the breaking out of King William's war he entered the Colonial army and was promoted from time to time until he became captain. He was also in the service during Queen Anne's war. He was an ex- tensive landowner in Dover and vicinity. He married Judith, daughter of Deacon John Dane, who had formerly resided on the same farm. Captain Tebbets had eight children. As will be seen, his branch uses a different spell- ing from the others.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume II, Part 88

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