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(IV) Joel, second son of Major Robert and Sally ( Huston) Huston, was born at Bristol. Maine, 1809, died in 1890. He was educated in the town schools, and then went to work in a shipyard, becoming master builder at the time he reached his majority. He subse- quently held an interest in several ship-build- ing concerns and became a large owner of vessels. He retired from active business when he reached the age of sixty. In politics he was originally a Whig, but joined the Re- publican party upon its formation. He was a member of the Congregational church and trustee of Lincoln Academy. He married (first) Elizabeth Jones, born in Bristol. July 4. 1820, died in December, 1861. They were married in 1845. and their children were: I. Sally Elizabeth, married William C. Achron, of Damariscotta. 2. Joel P., whose sketch fol- lows. 3. Esther Hilton, who is now living on the home place. In 1864 Joel Huston married ( second) Ann Hunter, of Bristol.
(V) Joel Payson, only son of Joel and Elizabeth ( Jones) Huston, was born at Damariscotta, Maine, September 22, 1857. His preliminary cducation was obtained in the town schools and at Lincoln Academy, from which he was graduated in 1875. He then entered Bowdoin College, and took his degrce of A. B. with the class of 1879. Immediately upon graduation he began the study of law with William H. Hilton, Esquire, of Damaris- cotta. He was admitted to the bar in 1882, and remained in partnership with Mr. Hilton for five years. In 1889 he was elected cashier of the First National Bank of Damariscotta, and has served in that capacity ever since. In politics Mr. Huston is an independent Re- publican, and he is deacon of the Congrega- tional church at Newcastle, Maine. He is trustee and treasurer of Lincoln Academy. On October 30, 1889, he married Martha Susan, daughter of Captain Abner S. and Martha (Knowlton) Robinson, of Newcastle, Maine. One daughter, Christine Elizabeth Huston, born at Newcastle in 1892.
The Welsh custom of adding to HARRIS a name the father's name in possessive form, to distinguish one from another of the same Christian name, was the origin of this patronymic. In the short four centuries that surnames have pre- vailed in Great Britain time has sufficed to make many changes and modifications in the form of all classes of words, and names are no exception to the rule. The Harris family was among the earliest in New England; it has contributed much to the advancement of the nation, and is now found in connection with all worthy endeavor. It has been especially active in the fields of invention and pioneer development. Almost every state has found the name among those of its pioneer settlers, and it has spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
( I) Samuel Harris, with his wife Cath- arine, were living on Cape Newagen Island, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, in 1774. He died March 7, 1836, and she died May 19, 1837. They must have been well past eighty at the time, because their first child was born in 1773. They are said to have come from the neighborhood of Exeter, New Hampshire, but the birth of Samuel Harris is not recorded in any of the New Hampshire town records, and Harris is not a name found in Exeter. It is common, however, in many parts of New Hampshire, notably Portsmouth, Windham, Hopkinton and Warner; but no Samuel ap- pears upon the lists that could possibly be identified with the one living at Boothbay. The name is numerous in Massachusetts also. and it is quite likely that the Maine Harrises may have come from that state, but the early records are imperfect and give no clue. Chil- dren: 1. John, born February 21, 1773. 2. Kitty, September 8, 1775, married Benjamin Webster. 3. Sarah, September 30, 1777, mar- ried Major John McKown. 4. William. De- cember 6, 1780. 5. Samuel (2), whose sketch follows. 6. Paul, April 6, 1785, died Novem- ber 19. 1813. 7. Benjamin, March 6, 1787.
(II) Samuel (2), third son of Samuel ( 1) and Catherine Harris, was born at Cape New- agen Island, or Southport. Maine, August 26, 1783, died August 15, 1859. He lived on the homestead of his father, and was the only one of the sons who did not migrate from South- port. None of the name are now on the tax list of that town. In 1809 Samuel (2) Har- ris married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Thompson) Pierce, of Southport, born July 29, 1789, died March 3, 1881. Children : I. Almira, born May 14, 1811. 2. Nancy,
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December 9, 1812. 3. Elizabeth, August 3, 1815, married Michael McManus. 4. Cath- erine, February 2, 1818, married George Love (2). 5. and 6. Sarah and Isabella (twins), October 15, 1821. 7. Emily, April 27, 1824. 8. John McKown, April 6, 1828. 9. Benjamin, whose sketch follows. 10. Charles, July 22, 1835.
(III) Benjamin, second son of Samuel (2) and Mary ( Pierce) Harris, was born at South- port, Maine, February 17, 1832, died Febru- ary 1, 1867. He was a sea captain and dwelt in the old homestead of his grandfather at Southport. About 1861 Captain Benjamin Harris married Fannie L., daughter of Arber and Hannah (Huff) Marson, born at Bath, Maine, February 5, 1842, died at Boothbay, Maine, in 1907. (See Marson.) Two chil- dren, George and Sewell, died in infancy, two are living, Lincoln M., February 9, 1862 ; and Fred H., whose sketch follows. After the death of Captain Benjamin Harris, his widow married for her second husband Hiram L. Ingraham, and lived at Boothbay Harbor.
(IV) Fred H., younger son of Captain Ben- jamin and Fannie L. ( Marson) Harris, was born at Boothbay, Maine, August 21, 1865. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and at the age of fifteen years went into the hardware store of J. C. P. Poole, at Booth- bay, where he remained five years. In 1885 Mr. Harris went into partnership with his stepfather, Hiram L. Ingraham, and together they conducted a hardware business, which is still carried on under the firm name of In- graham & Harris, though it is only one of several interests which now engage the at- tention of the junior partner. In 1890 Mr. Harris began his successful hotel career by taking charge of the Boothbay House, which he has managed ever since. In 1900 he went into the drug business with Henry C. Mc- Learn, under the firm name of Harris & Mc- Learn, and has carried that on since then. In February, 1908, Mr. Harris undertook a more important venture than any of his previous ones, and bought the famous Squirrel Inn. on Squirrel Island, a large hotel of one hundred rooms and one of the finest along the coast, of which he is now sole owner and manager. Besides these various business interests, Mr. Harris is an extensive owner of real estate in Boothbay Harbor, and is a director in the First National Bank of that place. He is a Republican in politics, and was presidential elector for the second district of Maine in 1904. He is prominent in fraternal organiza- tions, and is a member of Seaside Lodge, An-
cient Free and Accepted Masons, of Pentecost Royal Arch Chapter, of Boothbay Harbor ; of Dunlap Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bath; of Aleppo Temple, Boston; of Maine Consistory, Portland; and is a Mason of the thirty-second degree. He also belongs to the Boothbay Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and to Lewiston Lodge of Elks. In June, 1904, Fred H. Harris married Eldora A., daughter of Andrew Boyd and his second wife, Bethia Celia (Richards) Boyd, of Boothbay. (See Boyd, V.) One child, Frances Louise, born January 21, 1907, at Boothbay Harbor.
This unusual patronymic has MARSON been found but twice in this country-in connection with the family now under consideration, at Booth- hay, Maine, and on the check-list at Boston, Massachusetts. The rarity of the name would lead one to think that it might be a corruption of some allied form, perhaps Marston; but Bardsley, in his "English Surnames," lists it as a separate word, and says that it is derived from the Christian name of Mark.
(I) Arber Marson, whose given name is as unique as his family name, was born at Dres- den, Maine, November 10, 1800, died May 23, 1889. As a young man he went to Bath, and thence to Boothbay Harbor in 1842. He was a caulker by trade, an industrious, prudent man, who accumulated a competence. The early Methodist church at the Harbor found in him a strong and earnest supporter. Arber Marson was twice married, and there were five children by the first wife and eight by the second. The children of first marriage were : 1. Mary J., born March 25, 1829, married John L. Adams. 2. Henry P., September 27, 1830, died in 1851. 3. Charles E., April 5, 1832, married Sarah Preble. 4. William D., December 17, 1833, died January 13, 1901, unmarried. 5. Abigail, July 25, 1835, married Willard Walker. The first wife of Arber Marson died about 1835, and in 1837 he mar- ried Hannah P. Huff, of Edgecomb, who died January 24, 1899, aged eighty-eight years. The children of second marriage were: 6. George A., May 11, 1838, married Sarah W. Martin. 7. Angenette, October 14, 1839. 8. Fannie L., mentioned below. 9. Emma E., September 6, 1844, married David Mayo. 10. Allah A., September 4, 1846, married James C. Poole. 11. James S., May 17, 1848, died July 5. 1863. 12. John S., July 7, 1850, mar- ried Ella Vanhorn. 13. Woodbury, June 5, 1852, married Clara Moore.
(II) Fannie L., second daughter of Arber
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Marson and his second wife, Hannah P. (Huff) Marson, was born at Boothbay Har- bor, Maine, February 5, 1842. She was first married to Captain Benjamin Harris, of South- port, who died February 1, 1867; and she subsequently married Hiram L. Ingraham, of Boothbay Harbor. ( See Harris, III.)
The name of Boyd is not only one BOYD of the most ancient in this coun- try, but it can claim one of the longest and most romantic genealogies in Scotland. The family trace their descent from a younger son of the illustrious lord high steward of Scotland. Robert, son of Simon, who was third son of Alan, the sec- ond lord high steward, was of a very fair complexion, and received the surname Boyt or Boyd, from the Gaelic, meaning fair. From this Robert Boyt, or Boyd, who died in 1240, all the Boyds of Scotland are descended. Some families claim that the original spelling of the word was Boit. The first Robert had a son, Sir Robertus de Boyd, who died in 1270. The latter's son, the third Sir Robert Boyd, was one of the barons who were forced to swear fealty to King Edward I of England in 1296. The following year this Sir Robert joined Sir William Wallace, but died soon after. His son, the fourth Sir Robert Boyd, was one of the most gallant and able friends of Robert Bruce, and was by that king made Lord of Kilmarnock and covered with honors. His descendants have been traced in the male line down to the year 1800, and stand high among the dignitaries of old Scotland. Some of the younger sons have from time to time emigrated to Ireland, and thence to America. While in Ireland they kept clear of the natives. William Boyd, of Foxborough, Massachusetts, who was born in Newtownards, Ireland, in 1800, tells us that his grandmother would call out to the bairns in the street when the native Irish came along : "Came in, an' stay in till them folks hae gane awa', for they're Eerish oot there an' ye maunna gang near them."
One of the brave American pioneers of the name was Captain William Boyd, a man of notable courage and force, who came to Lon- donderry, New Hampshire, among the early settlers of the town, though not till after its founding in 1719. Eight men by the name of Boyd appear on the memorial to Governor Shute, March 26, 1718, asking encouragement to obtain land in "that very excellent and re- nowned Plantation" called New England. Captain Boyd came over the water fourteen
times, bringing Scotch emigrants from Ireland to this country.
Bristol, Maine, is another place where nu- merous Boyds gathered in early times. Some of them seem to have come directly from Ire- land, and some, who emigrated a little earlier, were born in Massachusetts. Deacon William Boyd, born at Worcester, Massachusetts, July 30, 1745, moved to Bristol, Maine, in 1763, where he became a shipwright and farmer. He is said to have built the first vessel ever launched on the Penobscot, above the bay. He subsequently moved to Bangor, where he pur- sued ship-building, and where he died in 1829. Deacon Boyd had four brothers older than himself: Samuel, John, Andrew and James ; and two younger, Thomas and Joseplı. It is. known that Thomas Boyd lived at Bristol, where he was a coroner and magistrate. He may have been the Thomas Boyd whose name is one of three committeemen signed to an address to the provincial congress at Massa- chusetts Bay, May 2, 1775. James Boyd was chosen one of the selectmen and assessors for Bristol at the first annual town meeting, held in 1766. That the name of Boyd was a com- mon one in Bristol in early times is shown by the fact that no less than three, Thomas, Samuel and John Boyd, are signed to a "de- cent" (dissent) against building three meet- ing-houses in the township in the year 1768.
(I) Samuel Boyd, a native of Ireland, was born previously to 1732, came to Bristol, Maine, about the middle of the eighteenth century, and lived and died there. About all we can judge of his early circumstances is de- rived from the statement of his brother in the old family Bible: "Thomas Boyd it is my name and I was Born in the Kingdom of Ire- land and County of Antrim and Parish of Dunl- and the town of Bu-foot and I left my Native Country in the 18 year of my age and came to this Country and I have lived in New England 35 years which is 53 years wit- ness my hand. Thos. Boyd." Under this statement is the entry of his birth, December 28, 1732, his marriage in 1758; and on another page his death, August 27, 1792. These state- ments enable us to make approximate esti- mates in regard to his brother Samuel. In 1758 six hundred men were recruited for the army in the district of Maine, and three hun- dred of these were assigned to garrison duty, and stationed at the various forts and block- houses. Fifteen were assigned to Fort Fred- eric. and among this number we find the name of Samuel Boyd, of Bristol. Samuel Boyd was married in Ireland, but the name of his
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wife is unknown ; and of his children we have record of only one, Thomas, whose sketch follows.
(II) Thomas, son of Samuel Boyd, was born in Ireland, January 28, 1748, and came to America with his parents and uncles in 1750. He was called the surveyor or junior to distinguish him from his uncle and cousin of the same Christian name. He lived at Bris- tol, Maine, in early life, but moved to Booth- bay before 1770, and died there June 9, 1803. Upon coming to Boothbay he engaged as clerk and bookkeeper for David Reed. Soon after he exchanged his farm in Bristol for one at the Back Narrows, where he settled and became a neighbor to his uncles, Thomas and George. Thomas Boyd was a good penman, an accurate accountant and the principal land surveyor in the region. On March 8, 1770, he married Catherine, daughter of Robert Wy- lie, of Boothbay ; she died in 1826. Children : I. Martha, born May 27, 1771, married Adam Boyd. 2. Jane, married Michael Campbell. 3. Esther, married James Murray. 4. Kath- erine, married Alexander Reed. 5. Alexander, mentioned below. 6. Sarah, married Samuel Murray. 7. Elizabeth, married Joseph Emer- son. 8. Charlotte, married William Mont- gomery. 9. Andrew, born January 1, 1791. IO. Thomas, married Abigail Webber, of Edgecomb. 11. Samuel, born August 19, 1794, married Sarah Bryer.
(III) Alexander, eldest son of Thomas and Catherine (Wylie) Boyd, was born at Booth- bay, Maine, August 16, 1781, died June II, 1863. He spent his life on the old homestead. About 1816 he married Susan Walker, who died December 24, 1852. Children : 1. Lucy MI., born June 29, 1818, married Moses Her- sey. 2. Andrew, whose sketch follows. 3. William Maxwell, August 6, 1822, unmarried. 4. Susan, March 8, 1828, married Martin Brewer. 5. Jackson, October 24, 1830, settled in Nova Scotia.
(IV) Andrew, eldest son of Alexander and Susan ( Walker) Boyd, was born May 16, 1820, at Boothbay, Maine. For many years he was engaged in the West India trade. He was twice married ; first, to Rachel M., daugh- ter of George and Rachel Sproule, of Bristol ; and second, in 1862, to Bethia C. Richards, of Bristol. Children: 1. George A., married Sarah Elliott. 2. Mary A., married Orin Dodge. 3. Charles M., married Edith E. Dodge. 4. Eldora A., mentioned below. 5. Susie E., married Leon Blake. 6. Lottie F. 7. Hattie H.
(V) Eldora A., daughter of Andrew Boyd
and his second wife, Bethia C. ( Richards) Boyd, was born at Boothbay, Maine, and was married to Fred H. Harris, of Boothbay Har- bor. (See Harris, IV.)
THURLOW This name is unusual in America, and seems to be confined to the state of Maine, where it has been found for several generations in the towns of Woodstock, Nor- way and Litchfield. The earliest of the family seems to be Asa Thurlo, as the name was then spelled, who was born June 3. 1760, and went to Woodstock from Buckfield. Some of his descendants afterward settled in Norway. The family at Litchfield, whose biographies form the substance of the following article, seems to be entirely distinct from those at Norway and Woodstock. It may be mentioned, passing, that although the name is rare in the United States it is found in the peerage of England. The present Baron Thurlow, the fifth of his line, entered the diplomatic service in 1858, and has been an attaché of many important legations, including that at Washington.
(1) John Thurlow was born about 1760, and some time before 1800 went from Ber- wick, Maine, to Litchfield, and lived in the Ferrin neighborhood. He married Polly Earle Hanscom ; children: 1. Richard, February 24, 1786, moved to Lee, Maine. 2. Martha, May 8. 1788, married Joseph Hanscom. 3. John (2), whose sketch follows. 4. Polly, May 9, 1792, unmarried. 5. Jacob, June 20, 1794, married a Dana, and lived in Massachusetts. 6. Lydia, July 13, 1796, married Richard Fer- rin. 7. Moses, December 12, 1798, married Maria Child and lived in Lee. 8. Rutha, March 6, 1801, married George Lindsey and lived in Lincoln. 9. George, December 10, 1803, died young. 10. Elisha, January 22, 1807, married Elizabeth Jordan and lived in Lee.
(II) John (2), second son of John ( 1) and Polly E. ( Hanscom) Thurlow, was born April II, 1790, probably at Berwick, Maine, and died at Litchfield, Maine, September 23, 1868. When a child he moved with his parents to Litchfield, and subsequently inherited his fa- ther's farm there. The first wife of John (2) Thurlow, and mother of children, was Sally (Flagg) Thurlow, of Bowdoin, Maine, who died September 22, 1851, aged fifty-six years. On April 15, 1852, John (2) Thurlow married Hannah Brimijohn. The children of John (2) and Sally (Flagg) Thurlow were: 1. Kings- bury, born October 2, 1816, married Jane White and lived in Sangerville. 2. Millet, Au-
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gust 2, 1819, married Catherine Gulliver and lived in Sangerville. 3. Marinda, December 25, 1821, married ( first) Benjamin Potter, ( second) James Costellow. 4. William, May 5, 1825, married Mary Ann White, lived at Richmond. 5. Annie, October 27, 1827, married William J. Ferrin and lived at Richmond. 6. John F., February 20, 1830; is now ( 1908) living at the age of seventy-eight in Bath. 7. Charles L., March 20, 1832, married Adeline Jack, lived in Gardiner, where he died, April 25, 1875. 8. George N., whose sketch follows. 9. Henry J., May 28, 1837, married Frances Thurlow and lived in Lee.
(III) George Nelson, sixth son of John (2) and Sally ( Flagg) Thurlow, was born at Litchfield, Maine, December 5, 1834. He re- ceived a common school education, and worked in a shipyard as a young man ; but afterward turned his attention to farming and cattle buy- ing. In 1862 he enlisted in the Seventh Maine Regiment, and served throughout the war, reaching the rank of corporal. He took part in the battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Thurlow is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Litchfield, and of Libby Post, No. 93. Grand Army of the Republic. On February 2, 1869, George Nelson Thurlow married Emeline Willard Morse, of Woon- socket, Rhode Island. Children: George Al- van, August 11, 1870, and Harry Harding, whose sketch follows. George A. is a station- ary engineer at Berlin, New Hampshire. He married Martha A., daughter of Ruel W. and Emma (Williams) Cunningham, of Litchfield, and a great-granddaughter of Rev. Daniel and Elizabeth ( Potter) Cunningham. Four chil- dren have been born to George A. and Martha A. (Cunningham) Thurlow : Milton, Morris, Veryl and Christine.
(IV) Harry Harding Thurlough, as he spells the name, younger son of George Nelson and Emeline W. ( Morse) Thurlow, was born at Litchfield, Maine, May 3, 1877. He ob- tained his preliminary education in the schools of his native town, and at the Nichols Latin school, Lewiston, from which he was gradu- ated in 1895. He spent two years at Bates College and two years at the Law School of the University of Maine at Bangor. He also studied law in the office of George G. Weeks. of Fairfield. Mr. Thurlow taught school for twenty terms, and for some years traveled on the road, selling school supplies. In February, 1906, he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law at Pittsfield, Maine, where he has since been located. He has been ad-
mitted to the bar of the United States district court. He is a Republican in politics, and be- longs to Pittsfield Grange, Order of Macca- bees, and Modern Woodmen of America. On February 1, 1902, Harry Harding Thurlough married Mertie, daughter of Levi Goodwin, of Canaan, Maine. Children : Leland Lloyd, born May 31, 1903, at Canaan, Maine, and Norman Nelson, January 10, 1907, at Pitts- field, Maine.
This name comes from a Latin POPE word popa, meaning a priest, so that probably the first Mr. Pope was that church official. The hero of the name in England was the poet. One of the most prominent members of the family in this country was Major-General John Pope in the United States army, who sprung from Ken- tucky soil.
(I) The earliest record of the emigrant fore- bear is found in the list of freemen residing in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1624, and among them was John ( 1) Pope. Freeman- ship carried with it the idea that he was a man of good standing in the community, a member of the church, and entitled to vote. He was a weaver by trade. In November, 1634, he was granted five acres of land, and in January, 1635, twenty acres on Captayne's Neck. In June, 1636, he signed the Dorches- ter church covenant. From 1637 to 1641 he was selectman and overseer of fences. He died February 12, 1646. He left a nuncupa- tive will, and the witnesses to the same were Henry Kibbe and John Pierce. The inventory of his estate was filed in June, 1649. The name of his wife was Jane, who died Decem- ber II, 1662, and her will was made April 18, 1662. They were known to have two children, and probably others. John, and Rebecca, who married Edmund Blake.
(II) John (2), son of John (I) and Jane Pope, was born in England, and died October 18, 1686, in Dorchester. He seems not to have been of his father's standing, for his property was levied upon to pay delinquent minister's tax, and was summoned before the selectmen for neglecting to teach his children the catechism and book learning. He ap- peared and promised amendment of his con- duct. lle was a hard-working husbandman, and brought his farm to a good state of culti- vation. No will was found, but administration was granted to his widow. The given name of his first wife was Jane. By her he had : John and Nathan. The Christian name of the second woman was Alice, and to her was
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born : Thomas and John. Lastly, Mr. Pope married Margaret, and from this union ap- peared : Margaret, John. Susannah, William, Mary, Ebenezer, Thankful, Ralph, Jane and Joseph. After her husband's death, Margaret joined the church and brought her children up in the love of the Lord.
(III) Ralph, third son of John (2) and Margaret Pope, was born in Dorchester in 1673, and died February 2, 1744. He was thir- teen when his father died, and he remained at home under maternal care. He was a very capable and successful farmer, and owned the "covenant" November 28, 1697. He left way- marks along his career so we may guess what manner of man he was. He was a man after the stamp of his grandfather. He was one of a committee chosen by the town of Dorchester to let out at interest a sum of fifty thousand pounds belonging to the town, and was on a committee to convey town lands. In the tax list he was assessed for thirty acres of mow- ing, twenty-four of pasturage, twelve of tillage, three oxen, nine cows, two horses, and four swine. In 1727 Ralph was chosen surveyor of highways, and 1737 a juryman. His elaborate will was made October 4, 1744. He married Rachel, daughter of Henry and Hannah ( Pray) Neale, parents of twenty-one children. The officiating clergyman at this ceremony was Rev. Moses Fisk. They were a Sabbath- revering and Christian people, and each babe was carried to the church and committed to the care of the "covenant-keeping" God. Their sons grew to manhood and became heads of families, and the daughters presided over households of their own. Children: Rachel, Jerusha, Jemima, Ralph, John, Elijah, Han- nah, Lazarus and Ebenezer.
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