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(III) John, son of Nicholas Jr. (2) and Anna ( Pettingill) Anthoine, was born in Windham, Maine, and was a blacksmith, brick- maker and farmer. He was a soldier of the war of 1812-15 and received a pension for his
service. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Mary Ann Gilman, who probably was born in Falmouth, Maine, and was a daughter of John Gilman, whose wife was a McIntosh, of an old and highly respected family of Fal- mouth. John and Mary Ann (Gilman) An- thoine had nine children : 1. William. 2. John G., died 1906; soldier of the civil war, private in the Fifth Maine Volunteer Infantry. 3. Ambrose, soldier of the civil war; private in the Fifth Maine Volunteer Infantry ; killed in battle at the Wilderness, 1863. 4. Joseph, sol- dier of the civil war; private in the Twenty- fifth Maine Volunteer Infantry and the Sev- enth Maine Heavy Artillery. 5. Caroline, died a child. 6. An infant unnamed. 7. Isaiah G. 8. Amos A. 9. Lewis H. 10. Alfred W.
(IV) Dr. Isaiah G., son of John and Mary Ann (Gilman) Anthoine, was born in Wind- ham, Maine, March 25, 1846, and acquired his earlier literary education at the Windham Center high school and the North Bridgton Academy. He fitted for college at Westbrook Seminary, graduating in the college prepara- tory course in 1868, afterward for a time was a student at Maine Wesleyan Seminary, at Kent's Hill, then entered Dartmouth College and made the course to his junior year. Hav- ing determined to enter the profession of medi- cine he matriculated at the Portland School for Medical Instruction, remained there nearly two years, and graduated from Bowdoin Med- ical College with the degree of M. D. in 1874. Dr. Anthoine began his professional career in Antrim. New Hampshire, in July, 1874, suc- ceeding Dr. Kimball, and for the next eighteen years was actively identified with the best in- terests and history of that town. In connec- tion with professional pursuits he served five years as superintendent of public schools in Antrim. In 1892 he removed to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he has since engaged in general and successful practice, and where for six years he served as member of the city board of education. He holds membership in the several subordinate masonic bodies up to the thirty-second degree, the lodge, chapter, council and commandery, and is a charter member and past grand of Waverly Lodge, I. O. O. F. He also is a member of the Ameri- can Medical Association, the American Asso- ciation of Electro-Therapeutists, the New Eng- land Association of Electro-Therapeutists, the New Hampshire State Medical Society, the New Hampshire Surgical Club, the Hillsbor- ough County Medical Society, the Center Dis- trict Medical Society and the Nashua Medical Society. He is a Republican in politics, a
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member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a trustee. He married, in Antrim, January 2, 1877, Kate I., daughter of Sylves- ter and Achsah ( Boutell) Preston, of Antrim, and by whom he has two children : 1. Harry, born in Antrim, October 2, 1879, educated at Nashua high school and Boston University College, liberal arts course. 2. Mary, born Antrim, August II, 1885, educated at Nashua high school, Wheaton Seminary, and Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten School, graduating from the latter institution.
HICHBORN This patronymic is unusual in this country, and, al- though of undoubted British origin, seems practically unknown in England at the present day. A distinguished member of the family in America is Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn, born at Charlestown, Mas- sachusetts, in 1839. He entered the United States navy in 1869, and was chief constructor for the department from 1893 to 1901. He is an expert in naval architecture, has written much on the subject, and invented the Frank- lin Life Buoy and the Hichborn Balanced Tur- rets.
(I) Robert Hichborn was born at Boston, Massachusetts, November 20, 1740, died at Prospect, Maine, October 18, 1800. He was a cousin of Paul Revere of revolutionary fame. On July 17, 1765, Robert Hichborn married Susan Ellinwood; children : Robert P., Will- iam, Paul Revere, whose sketch follows; Hen- ry, Deborah, Sally and Hannah.
(II) Paul Revere, third son of Robert and Susan (Ellinwood) Hichborn, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1777, died October 22, 1861. He married Eleanor Dickey, who was born at South Windham, New Hamp- shire, in 1784, died in 1860. Children : Susan, Sarah, Robert, Albert, Henry, Josiah F., Thomas M., Eleanor, Elmira, Wilson, whose sketch follows, and one who died in infancy.
(III) Wilson, sixth son of Paul Revere and Eleanor (Dickey) Hichborn, was born at Prospect, Maine, now Stockton Springs, Jan- uary 25, 1821, died October 4, 1880. He was educated in the common schools, and chose a seafaring life. He became captain of a ves- sel when he was twenty-one, and followed the sea till 1859, when he retired and lived on a farm. He was a Republican in politics, and attended the Universalist church. He be- longed to the Free Masons in New York City. On November 6, 1859, Captain Wilson Hich- born married Ardella Griffin, who was born at Prospect, April 20, 1834, died September
25, 1902. Children : Harry R., whose sketch follows; Alice, born 1869, now assistant post- master at Stockton Springs; Addie Merrill, born 1861, died 1871.
(IV) Harry Revere, only son of Captain Wilson and Ardella (Griffin) Hichborn, was born at Stockton Springs, Maine, November 24, 1871. He was educated in the town schools, and has carried on a farm all his life, though a good share of his time has been de- voted to various business enterprises. He is president of the Stockton Springs Trust Com- pany, and was largely instrumental in getting a bank established in the town. He is a di- rector in the Water Company, and in company with H. O. Hopkins is owner of the Stockton Springs Telephone Company. He is a Repub- lican in politics, and was appointed postmaster by President Mckinley in 1898, and has held the position ever since. Mr. Hichborn is a member of Pownal Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Stockton Springs; of the Royal Arch Chapter at Searsport : of Pal- estine Commandery, Knights Templar, Bel- fast: of Eastern Star, Bethany Chapter, of Stockton Springs. He belongs to Sears Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Sears- port, and to William McKinley Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Prospect. On January 19, 1899, Harry Revere Hichborn married Alice M., daughter of Orrin J. and Elmira Crocker, of Stockton.
CALDWELL
The surname Caldwell dates back to the beginning of the use of surnames in England
and Scotland. It is a place-name, meaning simply cold-well, and localities bearing the name are found in various counties of the United Kingdom. The family is found and has achieved some prominence in the counties. of Stafford, Berks, Worcester, Gloucester, England, in Meath, Ireland, and in London. It is numerous in Scotland. The family his- tory in Scotland dates back to before 1300 in Renfrewshire and Ayrshire. The coat-of-arms of the Caldwell family of Caldwell, Scotland : Argent three piles issuing from the chief sable and in base four bars waved gules and vert.
(I) James Caldwell, the immigrant ances- tor, was born in Scotland about 1770 and came with a party of Scotch people to Ryegate, Ver- mont, a town settled by a Scotch colony dur- ing and after the revolution. He was a farm- er, first at Ryegate, later at Topsham, an ad- jacent town. He married, March 8, 1803, -. Children, born at Ryegate: 1. Jean, March 2, 1804. 2. Mary, October 2, 1806.
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3. James Jr., December 10, 1808, mentioned below. 4. John, December 27, 1810. 5. Will- iam, January 21, 1813. 6. Christian, February 6, 1815. 7. Agnes, March 19, 1817. 8. Eliza- beth, April 6, 1819. 9. Archibald, March 7, 1823.
(II) James (2), son of James (I) Caldwell, was born in Ryegate, Vermont, December 10, 1808, died in Topsham, 1863. He was edu- cated in the district schools, and worked dur- ing his youth on his father's farm. He re- mained at home after coming of age and suc- ceeded to the homestead at Topsham. He was an old-line Democrat in politics, a promi- nent and useful citizen. He was road sur- veyor and selectman of the town of Topsham. He married (first), March 17, 1835. Jennie Craig, who died February 18, 1838. He mar- ried (second), January 7, 1841, Nancy Cham- berlain, of Newbury, Vermont. Child of first wife: Mary, married Gustavus Tibbetts, of Neponset, Illinois. Children of second wife : 1. Joseph C., born December 3, 1842, men- tioned below. 2. Eliza, married James Lang. 3. James R., born September 3, 1846, remained in Topsham ; married, January 15, 1878, Ella Vance; children : Rosamond, Nathan R. and Joseph. 4. Dr. Martin, settled in Herscher, Illinois, and died there in 1884. 5. Eber. 6. Child died in infancy.
(III) Dr. Joseph Chamberlain, son of James (2) Caldwell, was born in Topsham, December 3, 1842. He was educated in the common schools, the Topsham high school and at Maine Medical College, where he was grad- uated with the degree of M. D. in 1870. He had to work his own way through college. In August after receiving his degree he opened an office in Buckfield, Maine, where he has since been located, a period of nearly forty years. He has had a large general practice and stands high in professional ranks. He is a member of the American and State Medical societies and Oxford County Medical Associa- tion, and of Evening Star Lodge of Free Ma- sons, Buckfield. In politics he is a Republican ; in religion orthodox. He married (first), De- cember, 1870, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan- iel Stanwood, of Brunswick. She died June 7, 1872, and he married (second), November 30, 1896, Harriet Lucas, born Hartford, Maine, daughter of Amasa and Mary J. (Larrabee) (Lucas) Wyman. Her father was born in Hartford, Maine; her mother in Durham, Maine. Her grandfather, Amasa Lucas, was born at Carver, Massachusetts, moving from his native town to Hartford, Maine, on an ox-
team. Children of first wife: 1. Josephine, born March, 1872, married Alfred Cole, mer- chant, Buckfield. 2. Bessie M., December 7, 1877, married Charles P. Buck, Traverse City, Michigan. 3. Wilbur Chamberlain, June 5, 1888, educated in the schools of Buckfield and at Hebron Academy; student in Bowdoin Col- lege, class of 19II.
STEVENSON The family whose record is proposed to be estab- lished in this place has no long line of American ancestors to display, none who were of the "Mayflower," nor Puri- tans, nor soldiers of the Pequot, King Philips nor other of the colonial wars, nor is it their proud boast that an ancestor in New England was hanged on gallows hill in Salem for witch- craft. But the family here to be mentioned comes of sturdy Scotch stock and of ancestors who were famous clansmen in feudal times and whose descendants in later generations fought in the wars with the same zeal in be- half of the mother country as did the clansmen in upholding the honor of their chief and his house.
(I) James Stevenson, with whom this narrative begins, came of the Stevensons of the north of Scotland. He fought with Wel- lington at Waterloo and was slain in that memorable battle. Of his ancestors little else is known other than what has been stated in the preceding paragraph, but there are few New Englanders who can boast an ancestor who fought under Wellington, which is con- sidered an honor equal to and perhaps greater than that of having an ancestor who fought in the colonial wars on this side of the At- lantic ocean.
(II) John, son of James Stevenson, was born in the north of Scotland. He married and had children, and among them were sons John, James, Alexander and George, and a daughter Elizabeth.
(III) James (2), son of John Stevenson, was born in Burnside, Scotland, in 1842, and died in the East Indies in 1873. He was a linen weaver, a skilful workman at his trade, and at his home in Scotland held a responsible position as foreman of the Baxter Manufac- turing Company's mills. At the time of his death he was manager for the Bourne Com- pany in the extensive linen mills about six miles out of Calcutta, India. In 1860 Mr. Stevenson married Mary Bissett, who was born in Scotland in 1842 and died in New Brunswick in 1875. They had seven children,
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four of whom died young. Those who grew to maturity are : 1. John, a school teacher and bookkeeper living in New Brunswick. 2. James B., of whom mention is made in a suc- ceeding paragraph. 3. Alexander, a farmer now living in Easton, Maine.
(IV) James Bissett, son of James (2) and Mary ( Bissett) Stevenson, was born in Dun- dee, Scotland, April 5, 1867, and was a boy of about seven years when he came with his widowed mother and her children to New Brunswick in 1874. When old enough to work he was taken from school and went out to farm work, and while so employed man- aged to attend school during the winter months and thus laid the foundation of a good education. In 1887 he left New Brunswick and came to Maine, where he found work on railroad construction, and later on was em- ployed for a time at marble cutting in Strong and Farmington. During these years which were devoted to various employments he oc- cupied his leisure hours with profitable read- ing and study, for he had a higher aim in life than that of laborer on railroads or cutting marble, and in 1898 he took up the study of law in the office and under the direction of Lewis Voter, a member of the Farmington bar. Later on he matriculated at the Uni- versity of Maine law school, completed the course of that institution, took his legum bac- calaureus degree in 1900, and was duly ad- mitted to practice in the courts of this state. Having come to the bar, Mr. Stevenson be- gan his professional career in Rumford Falls in 1901, and has since engaged in active gen- eral practice. In connection with professional employments he has taken considerable in- terest in public affairs, on the Republican side, without being in any sense a radical partisan. He is trial justice in Rumford Falls and is now serving his second term as recorder of municipal court, and in various ways has for several years been identified with the best in- terests of his home town. He is a member of Blazing Star Lodge, No. 30, F. and A. M., Rumford Chapter, No. 56, R. A. M., Jephtha Council, No. 17, R. and S. M., two former of Rumford Falls and latter of Farmington, and of Strathglass Commandery, K. T., of Rum- ford Falls. He also is a member of Penacook Lodge, No. 130, I. O. O. F., of Rumford Falls. On February 23, 1902, Mr. Stevenson married Lucy B., daughter of James R. Small, of Farmington, and by whom he has one child, Shirley J. Stevenson, born in Farm- ington, May 27, 1903.
Guppay, in his "Homes WATERHOUSE of Family Names," states that "the source of the name Waterhouse is a little doubtful." There is a place in Stratfordshire, England, called Waterhouse, and also a village in county Durham that is known by this name. An an- cient family of Lincolnshire traced descent from Sir Gilbert Waterhouse, of Kirton, in the reign of Henry III. Another ancient branch was located in Halifax, West Riding, York- shire. A vicar of Bradford bearing this name belonged to the family located at Tooting County Surrey, about the middle of the seven- teenth century. But it is not definitely known from which of these counties came the emi- grant ancestor who settled in New England in the state of New Hampshire and whose de- scendants lived in Maine.
(I) Richard Waterhouse, the first known ancestor of the following line, emigrated from England in the seventeenth century and set- tled on Pierce's Island, Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire. This island was owned by one of the first settlers, Dr. Renald or Regi- nald Fernald. In 1688 his son, Thomas Fer- nald, of Kittery, Maine, conveyed, in accord- ance with the wishes of his parents, this island property to his sister, Sarah Fernald, some- time wife of Allin Loyd, mariner, and now the wife of Richard Waterhouse, of Ports- mouth, in the Province of New Hampshire, tanner. The island was formerly called "Doc- tor's Island," but Richard built a dwelling house there, which he occupied many years, and the island then bore the family name. It is stated that Richard owned two slaves. The deed referred to above is clean evidence of his marriage to Sarah, daughter of Dr. Regi- nald Fernald (as called in the deed of son Thomas), prior to 1688. Their children were : Richard Jr., born 1674; Samuel, 1676, and Timothy.
(Il) Timothy, third son of Richard and Sarah (Fernald) Waterhouse, was born in Pierce's Island, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (date not given). Like his father, he was a tanner but also a shoemaker. He lived above Freeman's Point, Portsmouth, which connect- ed with the town by the river. It is said the cellar of his house still remains. Here he en- joyed and profited by his tan-pits and his culti- vated acres. His wife was a Miss Moses, and both having the ability to instruct their chil- dren, they gave them a superior education for that period. Children: 1. John, who lived at Barrington. 2. Joseph, who settled in Maine. 3. Timothy, who went to Rhode Island and be-
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came a member of the Royal Council. He had eleven sons, among whom was Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, professor of Cambridge and the "father of vaccination" in America, his own son in 1800 being the first upon whom the ex- periment was made in this country. 4. Mar- garet, married Samuel Brenster and had a large family. 5. Mary, married a Mr. Spin- ney, a ship-carpenter. 6. Ruth, married, 1727, John Gaines, a native of Ipswich, Massachu- setts, and father of Colonel George Gaines of the revolution. 7. Sarah, married Captain Zachariah Foss, who after some vicissitudes accumulated property and kept a large tavern. 8. Elizabeth, married William Ham. 9. Lydia, married (first) Captain Colby, one of the ship- masters employed by Sir William Pepperill ; (second) Captain Ephraim Dennett, and (third) Judge Plummer, of Rochester.
(III) Joseph, second son of Timothy and ( Moses) Waterhouse, was born at Freeman's Point, Portsmouth. About 1730 he removed to Scarborough, Maine. He was a shoemaker and lived at the foot of Scottow's Hill on the farm which is still held by his descendants, who are numerous and respected. The name of the wife of Joseph is not ascer- tained and no clear record is given of the large family of children.
(IV) Nathaniel, seventh son of Joseph Waterhouse, of Scarboro, was born in Scar- boro, Maine, in 1756, according to the state- ment that "in 1842 he was eighty-six years of age." There is no further record, but he, or one of his brothers, must have been father to Abram, following.
(V) Abram, probably son of Nathaniel and grandson of Joseph Waterhouse, was born in Scarboro, Maine, about 1790, and died in Oro- no near Old Town line in 1868-69. He mar- ried Eunice Jamison, who died aged seventy- eight. Children: Dorame, died in infancy ; William C., Sally, Caroline A., Robert J., Mar- tha H., Gardner, died in infancy, and Oliver A.
(VI) William Chester, eldest son of Abram and Eunice (Jamison) Waterhouse, was born in Scarboro, August 12, 1823. He was but five years of age when his parents moved to Gardiner, Maine (1828). Five years later they removed to Old Town, where William C. received a common school education. He fol- lowed the business of lumbering and operated on the Penobscot river for many years in part- nership with James McLeod, the firm name be- ing Waterhouse & McLeod. In politics Mr. Waterhouse is a Democrat. He married Mar- tha Fletcher, daughter of David and Hannah ( Morrill) Kincaid, of Bangor, born March 30,
1829. Children : Mary Ellen, Elva Louise, Julia Augusta, Emma Florence, Frank Chester and William H.
(VII) William Henry, youngest son of William Chester and Martha F. ( Kincaid) Waterhouse, was born in Old Town, Maine, September 26, 1868. He was educated at the schools of his native town and the Law School of the University of Maine, where he was graduated in 1900. He was admitted to the Maine bar June, 1900, and commenced a prac- tice in Old Town, where he still remains. He is a Democrat in politics. In 1901 he was ap- pointed city councilman, alderman in 1903, and mayor of Old Town in 1905. He is a mem- ber of Star in the East Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Old Town; Mt. Moriah R. A. C .; St. John Commandery, K. T .; Tarratine Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Old Town ; Old Town Encamp- ment. Hon. Mr. Waterhouse is trustee of the Universalist church. He married, June 18. 1901, Clara Louise, daughter of William A. and Laura A. Cooper, who was born in New- port, Maine, but resided at Old Town. Chil- dren : Ruth Elva, born May 17, 1902, and Edwin Cooper, July 26, 1905.
PATTEN The Patten family of Maine is descended from one of the sturdiest, most honorable and religious families of England. Through long generations the Pattens across the seas have gazed with honest pride upon the motto on their coat-of-arms, "Nulla Palescere Culpa" ("Never made pale with guilt"). Those bear- ing the same name on our shores have con- stantly proved their right to the same shining motto. All the noble qualities of their an- cestors have been well preserved among the Pattens of the Pine Tree State.
So far back as III9 mention is made of a Richard Patten, as then living in Pattine, near Chelmsford, Essex county, England. His son, Richard, married the daughter and co-heiress of Dagenham of Dagenham, in Essex county, and became proprietor of Dagenham court. John Patten, a descendant of this Richard, is represented as living at Dagenham Court, in 1376, and his grandson, Nicholas Patten, is styled Lord Dagenham. In the reign of Henry VI we read this description, "The third Rich- ard Patten of Wayne flete, called also Wayne- flete, from having been born there, was bishop of Winchester, and sometime lord high chan- cellor, and founder of Magdalen College, Ox- ford, England."
Early in the reign of Henry VII, about the year 1490, a number of the Pattens, of Essex
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county, England, emigrated to Scotland. In
1630 their descendants or a part of them re- moved to Ireland. Here was born Actor (or Hector Patten, as the English have it), in 1691 (or 1693). Many of the Pattens who remained in England when their brethren re- moved to Scotland settled in Lancashire coun- ty, in the north of England, between 1509 and 1594. Here they became connected by mar- riage with several families of distinction. Mary Patten, daughter of Thomas Patten, married Wilson, bishop of Sodor and Mann, and hence the estates and name of Wilson took the name of Patten, and came eventually to the Patten family. Then the two coats-of- arms of the Wilson family were adopted by the Pattens, the crest the wolf's head, and the motto, Virtue Exalteth to IIonor. This was united with the Patten coat-of-arms, the crest a griffin's head, with the motto "Never Made Pale with Guilt." Another Thomas Patten erected the mansion of Bank Hall ; his son and heir, Peter Patten, died 1819, just seven cen- turies from Richard Patten, the earliest known ancestor of the family. Dying without male issue Peter Patten left the representation of his family to his brother, Thomas Wilson Pat- ten, of Bank Hall. His son, John Wilson Pat- ten, was in 1862 a member of parliament and a colonel in the army. But through all these noble elevations of the family they have kept their sturdy faith in religion. John Patten, dean of Chichester, was one of the noblest Christians of England.
(I) Hector Patten was born in 1691-93, in the town of Dimbo, county Derry, Ireland. In 1727 he came to America, landing in Boston, Massachusetts, and soon afterward settled in Maine. He was accompanied by his wife, Pauline (Sutor) Patten, his sons, John, Will- iam and Matthew, and probably by his broth- ers, William and Robert. The second of these has no male descendants living. The youngest left descendants. He settled in or near Saco, and had three sons, namely : Actor, of Kenne- bunk; Robert, of Litchfield; and another, whose name is not preserved. He was a Cal- vinist in religious views, was an elder in the Presbyterian church in Ireland, and was es- teemed a very good man by all who knew him. The date of his death is unknown.
(II) John, eldest son of Actor (or Hec- tor) Patten, was born in 1717, in Ireland, and was about ten years of age when he came with his parents to America. He settled first in Saco, and about 1750 removed to Topsham, Maine, where he settled on a wild tract of land. This is pleasantly situated in sight of Merrymeeting
bay, and here he made a beautiful farm and lived to a good old age, beloved by his friends and respected by all who knew him. He was an honest and industrious man, a farmer, and also operated a blacksmith-shop which was lo- cated on his farm. IIe was engaged to some extent in ship-building and navigation, and by his industry and good business methods accu- mulated a considerable property. His son Rob- ert, writing of his father, said: "Those who retain a recollection of him, testify to his manly form and bearing and united in saying that he was tall and well proportioned, of commanding appearance, active and quick in his movements, kind and affectionate to his family and to all his circle of acquaintance. He reared a large and respectful family, bringing them up in the way they should go. He was religious from his youth, having enjoyed the example and in- structions of a pious father. At the time of his death he was deacon of the Congregational church in Topsham. As a Christian he was exemplary, evincing the sincerity and depth of his religion in his daily walk and conversa- tion. He was faithful in the performance of his duties pertaining to the relations of social and religious life. His home was the scene of domestic peace and the worship of God was regularly maintained. He was a strict observer of the Sabbath and though residing some miles from the place of public worship, he was a con- stant attendant upon the Sabbath services. On Sabbath evenings the children were called to- gether and catechised according to the good old Puritan custom. John Patten died April 7, 1795, and a handsome marble monument was erected to his memory in 1863." He was mar- ried August 12, 1742, in Saco, to Mary Means, a very pious lady and worthy daughter of Robert Means, of Saco. She died October 5, 1800, in Topsham, at the age of seventy-seven years. Their children were: Robert, Sarah, Jean, Mary, Hannah, Margaret, William, Dor- cas and Thomas.
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