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He was married, October 17, 1873, to Angie M., daughter of Stephen C. and Prudence (Fisher) Baldwin, of Laconia, New Hamp- shire, and their children, both born in Au- gusta, Maine, are : Mildred B., November 15, 1877, a graduate of the high school at Gardi- ner. Frank C., September 17, 1880, educated in the public schools, was reporter for the Kennebec Journal for a time, and now ( 1908) is with the Plympton Press, at Norwood, Mas- sachusetts. These children are in the ninth generation from Christopher Wadsworth, the Plymouth colony immigrant, Christopher (I), Samuel (2), Ebenezer (3), George (4), John (5), Moses (6), Moses S. (7), Charles Os- good (8).
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MANLEY Weymouth, Massachusetts, and resided in Easton, that state, in 1694. He served in the Indian war. He left three sons.
(II) William (2), son of William (1) Man- ley, was born in 1679, died January, 1764. He married, February 22, 1710, Mercy Howin, born about 1677, in Taunton, Massachusetts, died January 6, 1777.
(III) John, son of William (2) and Mercy (Howin) Manley, was born in Easton, Massa- chusetts, September 27, 1715. He served in Captain John Andrew's company, Colonel Doty's regiment, in the revolutionary army. He married, November 27, 1739, Mercy Smith, born February 19, 1718, in Stoughton, Massa- chusetts. He left two sons, James and Jesse. (IV) Jesse, son of John and Mercy (Smith) Manley, was born May 28, 1754, and lived in Royalston, Massachusetts. He removed to Dummerston, Windham county, Vermont, and married, February 15, 1778, Eunice Holmes. Children: Jesse, Amasa. Eunice, Nathaniel, Hannah, Betsey, William, Sally, Polly, John and Luke.
(V) Amasa, second son of Jesse and Eu- nice (Holmes) Manley, was born May II, 1780, in Dummerston, Vermont, died Septem- ber 24, 1850, in Augusta. He married, Jan- uary 26, 1806, Lydia French, born July 9, 1784, in Dummerston, died November 1, 1874, in Augusta. Amasa Manley removed to Nor- ridgewock, Maine, in 1819.
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(V1) James Sullivan, third son of Amasa and Lydia ( French) Manley, was born in Putney, Vermont, July 17, 1816. He lived first in Norridgewock, Maine, and then moved to Angusta. He published the Gospel Banner and the Mainc Farmer in Augusta. He mar- ried, November 27, 1839, Caroline Gill Sewall, born in Augusta, April 12, 1818. He died De- cember 9, 1861, in Augusta.
(VII) Joseph Homan, eldest son of James Sullivan and Caroline Gill (Sewall) Manley, was born in Bangor, Maine, October 13, 1842, died in Augusta, February 7, 1905. His great- grandfather, Henry Sewall, was captain in the revolutionary army. He attended the public schools of Augusta and Abbott's Little Blue School in Farmington, where he fitted for col- lege. His health, which had interfered with his early opportunities, forced the abandon- ment of a college education. He began the study of law in the Boston office of Sweetsir & Gardiner, and in September, 1863, gradu- ated from Albany Law School. He formed a law partnership in Augusta with H. W. True, and in 1865 was admitted to practice in the United States and district courts, and was ap- pointed a commissioner of the latter court. From 1869 to 1876 he was special agent of the internal revenue department. After this he was in Washington as agent of the Pennsyl- vania railroad. In 1878 he purchased a half interest in the Maine Farmer. In May, 1881, he was appointed postmaster of Augusta. Dur- ing the first term in this office he instituted many improvements in the postal service and was untiring in his efforts to secure the fine postoffice building which now adorns the cap- ital city, and to Mr. Manley more than to any other is due the credit of its erection. He was reappointed in 1889. He was a director in the First National Bank, president of the Augusta Savings Bank, treasurer of the Augusta Water Company, director of the Kennebec Light and Heat Company, of the Edwards Manufactur- ing Company, of the Maine Central, Knox and Lincoln, Portland and Rochester railroads, of the Portland, Mount Desert and Machias Steamboat Company, of the Portland Publish- ing Company, of the State Publishing Associa- tion. He was a thirty-third degree Mason. In 1889-91 he represented Augusta in the leg- islature. In 1899-1901 he was also a member of that body and its speaker the last year. In 1903 he was a member of the state senate. As a factor in the political affairs of the state and nation Mr. Manley was widely known. For twenty years he was a member of the Re- publican state committee, and for sixteen years
its chairman; was a delegate to the Repub- lican National conventions in 1880 and 1888; was a member of the executive committee of the National Republican committee in 1888-92- 96-1900, and its secretary in 1896 and 1900. He married, October 4, 1866, Susan, daughter of Governor, Samuel Cony. Mrs. Manley died in Augusta, February 17, 1896. Children : I. Samuel Cony. 2. Lucy Cony, married Chase Mellen, of New York. 3. Harriet, mar- ried George V. S. Michaelis, of Augusta. 4. Sydney Sewall, married Duer du Pont Breck, of New York.
(VIII) Samuel Cony, eldest child and only son of Joseph Homan and Susan (Cony) Manley, was born July 21, 1867, in Augusta. He was educated in the city schools, graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1885, and from Harvard College in 1889 with honorable mention in history. He was clerk, chief clerk to superintendent and train master with the Maine Central railroad from 1889 to 1899. He is now president and general manager of the Maine Water Company, vice-president of the Sagadahock Light and Power Company, treas- urer of the Kennebec Light and Heat Com- pany, treasurer of the Maine Farmer Publish- ing Company, trustee of the Augusta Savings Bank, director of the First National Bank of Augusta, of the Edwards Manufacturing Com- pany, of the Portland Publishing Company, of the State Publishing Association, treasurer of the Small Point Water Company, president of the trustees of the Cony Female Academy, member of the board of education of Augusta, member of the Republican city committee. He has been treasurer of the Augusta Water Company, director of the Williams school dis- trict, member of the superintending school committee, member of the Augusta park com- mission, member of the Augusta common council and board of aldermen, and president of both boards. He belongs to the Patrons of Husbandry ; Bethlehem Lodge, Cushnoc Chap- ter, Trinity Commandery ; Abnaki Club of Au- gusta ; Small Point Club of Phippsburg ; Port- land Country Club and the Cumberland Club of Portland; to the New England and Ameri- can Water Works and Maine Press associa- tions; and to the Maine Genealogical Society. He has never married.
LUQUES Dr. Anthony Luques, immi- grant ancestor, was born in Retz, France, October 28, 1738. He was educated for his profession as physi- cian and surgeon in the schools of Paris. He came to the United States in 1785, soon after
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the close of the revolution, and settled in Bev- erly, Massachusetts. His full name, accord- ing to the Beverly records, was Simon Judge Anthony Luques. He married Hannah
born June II, 1771. In 1802 he removed to Lyman, Maine, and died May 20, 1820. Chil- dren, born in Beverly: I. Andrew, born May 8, 1791, mentioned below. 2. Hannah, bap- tized June 4, 1797. 3. Anthony, born October 7, 1798.
(II) Andrew, son of Dr. Anthony Luques, was born in Beverly, May 8, 1791. He was educated in the public schools of Lyman, Maine, whither his parents removed when he was young. He was a Methodist in religion and a Democrat in politics. He was a mer- chant. He married, in Alfred, Maine, January 16, 1815, Betsey White, born May 3, 1794. Children, born at Lyman: I. Samuel White, August 3, 1816, mentioned below. 2. An- thony, June 26, 1819. Born in Kennebunk- port : 3. Andrew J., June 15, 1824. 4. Mary Elizabeth, November 4, 1826. 5. Hannah Ann, June 2, 1830. 6. Emmeline, April 24, 1836.
(III) Samuel White, son of Andrew Luques, was born in Lyman, Maine, August 3, 1816, died August 31, 1897. He received his education in the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, and studied law with Hon. E. E. Bourne, of Kennebunk, Maine. He con- tinued his studies in the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1841, in York county, Maine. being one of the oldest mem- bers. He practiced at first in Kennebunkport, removing to Biddeford in 1846, where he practiced his profession. He was very con- servative in financial affairs and his influence was strongly felt by his associates. He was rated as the wealthiest citizen of Biddeford, and one of the most prominent. He was ap- pointed judge of the municipal court in 1876 and held the office for several years. He was a Whig in early life, and later a Republican in politics. He was a member of the Uni- tarian church, and of Mavishan Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Biddeford. He was elected a director of the City Bank (now the First National) in 1856. He married, Decem- ber 9, 1852, Hannah Maria Child, born in Augusta, Maine, June 27, 1828, died April 29, 1886, daughter of Elisha and Maria ( Pal- mer) Child, of Augusta. who were married December 4, 1822. Her father was one of the most prominent citizens of Augusta, and died March 4, 1839. Her mother, Maria ( Pal- mer) Child, was born October 6, 1792, died August 17, 1858, daughter of Jonathan and
Mary (Roberts) Palmer, of Wakefield, New Hampshire. Children, born in Biddeford: I. Edward Child, born July 31, 1858, mentioned below. 2. Herbert Llewellyn, born November 4, 1861, graduate of Dartmouth College. 1882; resided at Passaic, New Jersey. 3. Frank An- thony, born December 3, 1863, died August 8, 1895; educated at Phillips Academy at And- over, and graduated at Harvard College, 1886.
(IV) Edward Child, son of Samuel White Luques, was born in Biddeford, Maine, July 31, 1858, and was educated in the public schools of that city and at Dartmouth College, graduating in the class of 1882. In 1887 he engaged in the retail coal and lumber business in Biddeford, and continued with marked suc- cess until his father's death, when he disposed of his business to devote all his time to the care and development of his father's real es- tate and other property. He has conducted some real estate business, however and his of- fices at Biddeford. In politics he is a Repub- lican and has been in the common council of Biddeford, and in 1895 was in the board of aldermen of the city of Saco. He is a member of Dunlap Lodge of Free Masons, of York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Maine Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters; of York Com- mandery, Knights Templar and of Kora Tem- ple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston. He is also a member of Laconia Lodge of Odd Fellows of Biddeford, and is past chief pa- triarch of York Encampment, and has held all the offices in succession in Canton Dear- born. He is a Unitarian in religion. At the present time he resides in Saco. He married, March 8, 1883 Dora Boynton, born in Bidde- ford, July 12, 1856, daughter of Woodbury J. and Esther (Day) Boynton, of Cornish, Maine. Her father was overseer of the Pepperill Mills for many years. Children: 1. Edward W., born February 17, 1884; educated in the schools of Saco and at Thornton Academy and at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, gradu- ating in March, 1906; now a druggist at Wa- terville, Maine. 2. Margaret, born March 24, 1895; student in Thornton Academy.
PAGE Robert Page, immigrant ancestor, was born in 1604 in England, son of Robert and Margaret Page, of Ormsby, county Norfolk, England. On April II, 1637, Robert Page, aged thirty-three, with wife Lucy, aged thirty, and children. Francis, Margaret and Susanna, and servants, William Moulton, aged twenty, and Ann Wadd, aged fifteen, of Ormsby, passed the required exami- nation to go to New England. They settled
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in Salem, where Lucy was admitted to the church in 1639. He removed that year to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he had a grant of land between the homesteads of Will- iam Marston and Robert Marston, on Meet- inghouse Green. The original grant is still held in the family, or was recently. He was selectman of Hampton six years; deputy to the general court of Massachusetts two years; marshal of the old county of Norfolk, and served on many important committees of the town. He was elected deacon in 1660, and from 1671 to 1679 was the only deacon of the church. He had a brother, Edward Colcord, whose wife's name was Ann (probably broth- er-in-law), for whom he secured claims in 1654 and 1679. He died September 22, 1679. His will, dated September 9, proved Septem- ber 29, 1679. bequeathed to sons Francis and Thomas; daughters Mary Fogg, Margaret Sanborne, and Hannah, wife of Henry Dow; grandchildren Seth, James and Hannah Fogg; Joseph, Benjamin, Robert, Hannah, Sarah and Ruth Moulton; Jonathan Sanborne; Rebecca, Hannah, Samuel, Lucy and Maria Marston; Joseph, Samuel, Symon and Jabez Dow ; Rob- ert, Samuel, John, Mary and Lucy Page ( some of these grandchildren were called by their marriage names in the will). His age at death was given as seventy-five years. Lucy, his wife, died November 12, 1665, aged fifty- eight years. Children: I. Margaret, born in England, 1629, married Jonathan Sanborn. 2. Francis, 1633, mentioned below. 3. Susanna, born in England. 4. Thomas, born in Salem, 1639, married, February 2, 1664, Mary Hus- sey. 5. Hannah, married Henry Dow. 6. Mary, born about 1644, married Samuel Fogg. 7. Rebecca, baptized at Salem, September 16, 1639. 8. Samuel. baptized September 16, 1639.
(II) Deacon Francis, son of Robert Page, was born in England in 1633. He married, December 2, 1669, Meribah, daughter of Rob- ert Smith. He resided on the homestead of his brother-in-law, William Marston. Children : I. Samuel, born March 3, 1671, mentioned be- low. 2. Lucy, September 22, 1672, married Ichabod Robie. 3. Susanna, December 20, 1674, married (first) Benjamin Betchelder ; (second) John Cram. 4. Francis, December 14, 1676, married Hannah Nudd ; died August 19, 1755. 5. Meribah, March 17, 1679, mar- ried (first) Josiah Shaw, son of Joseph Shaw ; (second) Samuel Tilton ; (third) Benjamin Sanborn. 6. Rebecca, November 24, 1681, married Samuel Palmer ; died April 30, 1759. 7. Joseph, November 25, 1686, married Sarah Moulton ; died February 5, 1773.
(III) Lieutenant Samuel (1), son of Dea- con Francis Page, was born March 3, 1671. He resided in Hampton on the old road through the meadows. He married (first), January 9, 1696, Hannah Williams, who died December 24, 1701. He married (second), November 18, 1702, Anne Marshall, of Oyster River (Durham). He married (third), March 8, 1726, Mary (Smith) Thomas, widow, daughter of Joseph Smith, of Durham. Chil- dren : 1. Hannah, born October 3, 1796. 2. Samuel, May 3, 1698, died young. 3. Meribah, December 18, 1699. 4. Samuel baptized Oc- tober 3, 1703, mentioned below. 5. Hannah, baptized September 3, 1704. 6. Prudence, born September 2, 1706, married (first) Samuel Hilton ; (second) John Marston; (third ) Cap- tain William Branscomb. 7. Elizabeth, born January 12, 1708, married, January 13, 1737, Isaac Tobey. 8. Benjamin, born March 6, 1709, died young. 9. Rev. Solomon, born March 16, 1710, married Dorothy Dunster; was in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and removed to Maine. 10. John, baptized November 18, 1712, married, March 14, 1751, Lydia, daugh- ter of Reuben Sanborn. II. Benjamin, bap- tized November 21, 1714, married Mary San- born. 12. Stephen, baptized January 22, 1716, married Ann Perkins ; married ( second) Mary Burnham; died March 21, 1804. 13. Joseph, baptized April 14, 1717. 14. Anna, baptized December 7, 1718. 15. Simon, baptized March 17, 1723.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Lieutenant Sam- uel (1) Page, was baptized October 3, 1703, and died August 9, 1774. He resided at Ken- sington, New Hampshire. He married, July 2, 1729, Mary Clark. Children : I. Stephen, re- sided at Kensington in 1790 and had a family of two males over sixteen, and three females. 2. Simon, died young. 3. Elizabeth, resided at Kensington. 4. Ann. 5. Mary. 6. Mercy. 7. Sarah. 8. Enoch. 9. Simon, born about 1750 mentioned below. 10. Robert, removed to Winthrop, Maine; was moderator in 1784- 86-88; selectman 1787; deputy to the general court 1784-85 ; on committee to build a meet- ing house in 1786; on committee in 1784 to see about "procuring fresh fish through the mill dam"; had son Robert, graduated at Bow- doin College in 1810; removed to Readfield, Maine.
(V) Simon, son of Samuel (2) Page, was born about 1750 in Kensington, and removed to Winthrop, Maine, where he was living, as was his brother Robert, in 1790. At that time his family consisted of three males over six- teen, three under sixteen, and seven females.
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He served in the revolution, on the list of those from Hampton and vicinity, in Captain Henry Elkins' company, the Third, Second Regiment, under Colonel Enoch Poor, in 1775. He and his son, Simon Jr., were among the incor- porators of the First Congregational Church in 1800. Among his children was Simon Jr., mentioned below.
(VI) Simon (2), son of Simon (1) Page, was born in Kensington, New Hampshire, in 1773, and when nine years old removed with his parents to Winthrop, Maine, remaining there until 1815. He then removed to Nor- ridgewock, Maine, and settled on a farm in the village. He followed farming until his death, September 9, 1853, and his farm has since been known as the Page homestead. He married Susan Smith, born at Middleborough, Massachusetts, died at Norridgewock, April 16, 1856. aged eighty-six years. Children : I. John Calvin, married Fanny Fould. 2. Horatio N., born February 9, 1809, mentioned below. 3. Henry Lewis, died aged five years.
(VII) Horatio Nelson, son of Simon (2) Page, was born in Winthrop, Maine, Febru- ary 9, 1809. He was educated in the public schools of Norridgewock and the academy at Farmington, Maine. He taught school in Madison, Mercer and Norridgewock. He lived on the homestead with his parents, and followed farming successfully. The farm con- tains a hundred and twenty acres of fine land. In politics he was a Whig, and later a Re- publican, casting his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison. He was for thirteen years town clerk; was chairman of the board of selectmen. He was a member of the Sons of Temperance. He and his wife were mem- bers of the Congregational church for forty years. He served as clerk of the parish and was twenty years deacon. He died 1890. He married, October 10, 1837. Hannah, born in Winthrop, November 20, 1818, daughter of Sewell and Mary ( White) Page. Her father was a farmer of Winthrop, and her mother was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire. Children : 1. George Nelson, mentioned be- low. 2. Mary Elizabeth, born December 18, 1842, died February, 1905. 3. Edward Pay- son, mentioned below. 4. Henry L., born Oc- tober 4, 1858, died March 12, 1883.
(VIII) George Nelson, eldest son of Hora- tio Nelson Page, was born on the farm in Norridgewock, Maine, October 17, 1838, died September 2, 1906. He was reared on his fa- ther's farm, and his education was acquired at Eaton Academy in Norridgewock village and at Bloomfield Academy. During the civil war
he obtained a position in the adjutant general's office at Augusta, and in 1871 he came to Skowhegan to accept the position of cashier of the First National Bank, which he held for a period of thirty-five years, to the time of his death. He was a member of Somerset Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and had served as its treasurer for more than twenty years ; mem- ber of De Molay Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, of which he was recorder for many years. In early life he united with the Congregation- al church at Norridgewock, and during resi- dence in Skowhegan was a constant attendant, a valued and exemplary member of the Island Avenue society of that denomination, serving as clerk of the parish for over ten years. He was quiet and domestic in his habits, devoted to his business, generous and charitable and respected by all who knew him.
He married, June 16, 1868, Mary Elizabeth Savage, born in Augusta, Maine, October 9, 1835, died April 6, 1904, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Hixon) Savage, who were the parents of one other child, Hannah Heywood, married Nathan Church. Daniel Savage mar- ried (second) Frances, a sister of his first wife ; children : Daniel Byron, Charles Henry. Daniel Savage was son of Daniel and Eliza- beth (Pierce) Savage, the former of whom married Mary Fletcher, and grandson of Cap- tain Daniel and Elizabeth ( Robinson) Savage, the former of whom married (second) Anna Johnson. George Nelson and Mary Elizabeth (Savage) Page had one child, Hannah Re- becca, born in Skowhegan, Maine, November 10, 1872.
(VIII) Hon. Edward Payson, second son of Horatio Nelson Page, was born December 26, 1846, in Norridgewock, Maine, and died suddenly, January 3, 1907. He received his education in the common schools of his na- tive town and in the Maine Wesleyan Semi- nary at Kent's Hill. In 1871 he went to Skowhegan and was employed with his broth- er, who was cashier of the First National Bank, which had been organized but a short time previously. He was soon offered the po- sition of treasurer of the Skowhegan Savings Bank, which he held for thirty-five years. re- signing but a short time before his death in order to accept the presidency of the bank. In his early manhood he acquired a knowledge of timber and land values, and his name was prominent among the lumber dealers of Maine. He was connected with various companies, and interested in many and varied enterprises. He was president of the Skowhegan Electric Light Company, treasurer of the Skowhegan Pulp
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Company, and a heavy stockholder in both these institutions, and was a member of the firm that operated the Riverside Pulp Mill, and connected with other like enterprises. In poli- tics he was a Republican, and active in the interests of his party. He was representative to the Maine legislature in 1901-03, and served on the financial committee the first term. In 1906 he was elected to the senate, and among the important committees in which he served were banks and banking, appropriations and financial affairs. He was a member of the sen- ate at the time of his death. His financial judgment was considered remarkably sound, and many a man with small means owed his first success in life to Mr. Page, for extending credit when a less discerning man would have refused it. He was a loyal friend to a large number of people, and all sincerely mourned his loss. During his funeral all places of busi- ness in the town remained closed as a mark of respect to his memory. Rev. B. B. Merrill, of the Island Avenue Church, which Mr. Page and his family attended, was the officiating clergyman. The attendance was large; all walks of life were represented, and among them the number of prominent men of affairs from other communities was especially notice- able. Mr. Page married, June 10, 1879, Lizzie M. Randall, of Vassalboro, Maine (see Ran- dall family). Children : I. Blin W., born April 5, 1882, cashier of First National Bank ; Republican ; member of various Masonic or- ders. 2. Edna C., born March 16, 1884.
RANDALL John Randall, immigrant an- cestor, was born in England, and died in Westerly, Rhode Island, about 1684-85. He lived at Westerly until about 1670, when he sold his land to Thomas Beal, November 30, 1670, and re- moved to Stonington, Connecticut, where he was admitted an inhabitant later. He mar- ried Elizabeth He took the oath of allegiance September 7, 1669, and was deputy to the general assembly. 1682. Singularly enough, a widow, Elizabeth Randall, settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, about the same time and had sons Stephen and John, whose children's names were similar to those of the Westerly family. That these families were related we must believe. Children of John Randall, born at Westerly: I. John Jr., born 1666. 2. Stephen, 1668, mentioned below. 3. Matthew, 1671, died at Hopkinton, Rhode Is- land. 4. Peter, died at Preston, Connecticut. (II) Stephen, son of John Randall Jr., was born at Westerly in 1668. He went to Stoning-
ton with the family. Children, born there : I. Abigail, December 20, 1698. 2. Samuel, May 19, 1701. 3. Stephen, March 13, 1704, mentioned below. 4. Jonathan, March 17, 1707. 5. Elizabeth, September 25, 1709, died July 2, 1711. 6. Phebe, September 18, 1712. 7. William, February 26, 1715. 8. David, May 7, 1719, the only son remaining at Stoning- ton.
(III) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (I) Randall, was born at Stonington, Connecticut, March 13, 1704. He is believed to have set- tled in Falmouth, now Portland, and to be the same as Stephen of Falmouth. He mar- ried Mary Stephen was a shipwright by trade, doubtless learning his trade at Sto- nington. He was of Falmouth, July 5, 1731, when he bought one hundred and twelve acres of land along the falls at Falmouth. Later he was called a miller, probably owning a mill on this property. He sold land in 1732 to Nathaniel Jordan at Scarborough. He mar- ried (second) Deborah Sawyer, of Gloucester (intentions at Falmouth, October 6, 1750). Children : 1. Stephen, born at Falmouth, No- vember 27, 1726, baptized at the First Church of Falmouth, September 24, 1727; soldier in the revolution ; married, April 25, 1761. Mercy Dyer ; (second) at Cape Elizabeth, October 20, 1774, Lydia Roberts. 2. Mary, November 12, 1728, baptized November 24, 1728. 3. Cath- erine, August 15, 1733, baptized June 10, 1733. 4. Susannah, February 10, 1735. 5. Sarah, April 4, 1738. 6. Jacob, was a taxpayer in Falmouth in 1760 (five shillings sixpence), and was lost at sea in 1768. 7. Thankful. died October 1, 1769. 8. Isaac, mentioned below. 9. John, "settled at Royalsborough; married, November 22, 1769, Ann Roberts; son Isaac born April 18, 1787.
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