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(II) Joseph (2), eldest son of Joseph (I) and Mary Parker, was born in Andover, Mas- sachusetts, and received as his portion of the patrimonial property the corn mill on the Co- chichowick. He was a housewright and kept the village ordinary. He made his will in 1684, also the year of his death. His worldly holdings amounted to four hundred and two pounds. He married Elizabeth, widow of Obadiah Bridges, and had a son Joseph.
(III) Joseph (3), only child of Joseph (2) and Elizabeth (Bridges) Parker, succeeded
his father in keeping the Andover hostelry. Innholders in those carly times were usually the leading men of the town. Here the trav- eler on horseback during the midday heat drew rein to inquire the way, to bait, and partake of inner refreshments. Here the benighted stranger, some member of the general court, wending his homeward way at the close of the session, sought the radiant glow of its fire- place and the rest of its comfortable beds to be carly astir in the morning. Here the vil- lage loungers met to exchange news and gos- sip. Here the marriage intentions and the jury drawings were posted and here was on file the tory Boston News Letter, perhaps the only copy that came to the settlement, for the Parkers were good loyal people up to the troubles with the mother country. Among his guests moved mine host Parker, a hail fellow well met, beloved by all, respected by all and welcoming all with a true-hearted hospitality. He represented Andover in the general court in 1730-35-39. His sons were James and Peter.
(IV) Captain Peter (I), son of Joseph (3) Parker, lived in Andover and was in the French-Indian wars. His boys were named Peter Robert and Nathan.
(V) Peter (2), son of Peter (I) Parker, was born in Andover, January 8, 1741, and in 1765 the records show that he took up his abode in that part of Hancock county, Maine, near Fire Falls on the Union river. The early name of the little plantation was No. 5, but it underwent the usual evolutionary process in nomenclature and blossomed into a full-fledged township by the appellation of Newport, which it subsequently forsook for that of Blue Hill. He married Phebe Marble, in 1766. Mrs. Parker was born July 29, 1744, and died Oc- tober 1, 1805. Children : Phebe, Serena, Peter, Hansell, Susannah, Marble, Mary, Isaac, Chandler, Joannah and Almira Ellis.
(VI) Peter (3), eldest son of Peter (2) and Phebe (Marble) Parker, was born October 17, 1769, and married Sally Darling. Chil- dren: Jonathan Darling, Sukey, Reuben, Delia and Amasa. Jonathan Darling, Mrs. Peter Parker's father, was a soldier at the siege and fall of Louisburg in 1759.
(VII) Judge Jonathan Darling, first son of Peter (3) and Sally (Darling) Parker, was born in Blue Hill, November 24, 1797. He was a good mathematical student and became a land surveyor. He was very accurate and in his day run out a good many of the farms in his vicinity, and he was frequently called into service whenever land titles were in ques-
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tion, for he knew the bounds and check-lines of about every place. He was a trial justice. He married Sabina Wakefield, from Steuben, Maine. Children : Charles E., Rebecca S., Benjamin W., Delia, Nancy M., Delia A., Sarah L. and Edwin C., hereinafter mentioned. The father of these children died in Novem- ber, 1880, at Mount Desert.
(VIII) Edwin C., youngest son of Jon- athan D. and Sabina ( Wakefield) Parker, was born in Steuben, January 15, 1839, died No- vember 6, 1907. His education was such as was acquired by a country boy in Maine in the forties, supplemented by the assistance of his father at home, who was a fine arithema- tician, and instilled a love for the study into the mind of his boy. Up to :870 Mr. Parker was the village blacksmith at Steuben, relin- quishing his residence there as well as his busi- ness in 1870, going from thence to Bar Har- bor. Mr. Parker, with excellent foresight, recognized the possibilities of the rapid growth of Mount Desert and its adaptability both on account of its accessible position and its at- tractive surroundings for a tourist center, and early became a purchaser of desirable building sites and held them for the rise, and it was this good judgment on his part that made him a wealthy man. An Independent in religion, a Republican in politics, he was unobtrusive in both and fair to the man who disagreed with him. Mr. Parker, then just entering upon man's estate, responded to the call of Abra- ham Lincoln and offered himself and his life if necessary that the dear old flag might still float above us. He enlisted in the Forty-fifth Maine Heavy Artillery, under Major General John G. Foster, in the Department of the Carolinas. Private Parker served at Kingston, at Whitehall, at Dover Cross Roads, at Batch- elder's Creek, at Goldsboro, and at Gun Swamp. He was also at New Berne and at Marshall City on garrison duty. After three weary, long years he came back again, but the hard, toilsome marches, the bivouac at night in the pestilential swamp with a starry blan- ket, the want of proper nourishment and cloth- ing probably shortened his days. He was an Ancient Free and Accepted Mason, and past master of his home lodge; he had been ac- corded the rites of the council and initiated into the capitular degree and raised to a Knight Templar and was a Thirty-second Degree Ma- son. He was made an Odd Fellow at Bar Harbor. He belonged to Bay View Grange, Eastern Star, the James M. Parker Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he
was a past commander, and was senior vice- commander of the Department of Maine.
Mr. Parker married (first) Sarah Irene Ly- man. One child, Alonzo W., married Addie Cushman, of Steuben; children: Irene Ly- man and Edwin Campbell. He married ( sec- ond), November 5, 1872, Olivia Jane Young, of Eden, Maine, and- she survives to mourn his loss, which is shared in by the community in which he lived and by which he was greatly respected.
SUMNER Roger Sumner was a husband- man of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. He married there November 2, 1601, Joane Franklin. He died there December 3, 1608, and his widow mar- ried (second), January 10, 1611, Marcus Brian. Roger Sumner had a brother William, who died at Bicester in 1597. Only child of Roger and Joane Sumner : William, men- tioned below.
(II) William, son of Roger Sumner, was born at Bicester, England, in 1605, and mar- ried there October 22, 1625, Mary West. He came to New England in 1636 and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman May 17, 1637, and became a promi- nent man in the province. He was selectman there in 1637 and for more than twenty years. From 1663 to 1680 he was one of the feoffes of the school land, and from 1663 to 1671 was a commissioner to end small causes. In 1663 he was chosen clerk of the train band. He was deputy to the general court in 1658, '66 to '70, '72, '78 to '81, and '83 to '86. His wife died at Dorchester, June 7, 1676, and he died December 9, 1688. Children : I. William, mentioned below. 2. Joane, born at Bicester, married Aaron Way, of Dorchester, Boston and Rumney Marsh. 3. Roger, born at Bi- cester, 1632. 4. George, born at Bicester, 1634. 5. Samuel, born at Dorchester, May 18, 1638. 6. Increase, born at Dorchester, February 23, 1643.
(III) William (2), son of William (I) Sumner, was born at Bicester, England, and was a mariner. He came to New England with his parents and settled first in Dorchester. He removed to Boston, where he died in Feb- ruary, 1675. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Augustine Clement, of Dorchester. She died before 1687. Children, the two first born in Dorchester, the others at Boston: I. Eliza- beth, born 1652, married, 1670, Joshua Hen- shaw ; died 1728. 2. Mary, 1654, married, January 19, 1672, Nicholas Howe; married
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(second) John Trow ; died February 16, 1706. 3. William, February 9, 1656. 4. Hannah, June 10, 1659, married John Goffe. 5. Sarah, February 14, 1662, married (first)
Turell; (second) Joseph Weeks; died Febru- ary 12, 1736. 6. Experience, September 22, 1664, married Thomas Gould. 7. Ebenezer, October 30, 1666, lost in the expedition to Canada. 8. Deliverance, March 18, 1669, married, May, 1689, Ebenezer Weeks. 9. Clement, September 6, 1671, mentioned below. IO. Mercy, January, 1675, died young.
(IV) Clement, son of William (2) Sumner, was born at Boston, September 6, 1671, and resided at Boston. He married, May 18, 1698, Margaret Harris. Children, born at Boston : I. William, March 18, 1699. 2. Ebenezer, September 1, 1701. 3. Margaret, December 7, 1702, died same day. 4. Margaret, July 18, 1705, married, May 19, 1726, William Jepson ; died December 29, 1783. 5. Elizabeth, Octo- ber 8, 1707, married, October 20, 1726, John Bennett. 6. Samuel, August 31, 1709, men- tioned below. 7. Benjamin, May 28, 17II.
(V) Samuel, son of Clement Sumner, was born at Boston, August 31, 1709, died Jan- uary 26, 1784. He resided at Boston. He married, May 16, 1734, at Charlestown, Abi- gail, died October, 1772, daughter of Samuel Frothingham, of Charlestown. Children, born in Boston: I. Abigail, 1735, died young. 2. Abigail, August 24, 1736, died June, 1794. 3. Samuel, 1738, died young. 4. Samuel, No- vember 3, 1739, married, September 13, 1762, Ann Rand. 5. Ebenezer, March, 1742, men- tioned below. 6. William, 1744. 7. John. 8. Susanna, married, September 26, 1771, Zach- ary Dunnell; married ( second) Per- kins.
(VI) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Sumner, was born in Boston, March, 1742, died December 27, 1823. He lived at Newburyport. He married there January 29, 1772, Elizabeth Tappan, who died January 21, 1817. Chil- dren, born at Newburyport: I. Samuel, No- vember 27, 1772. 2. Ebenezer, June 16, 1774. 3. Michael, February 23, 1776, died August 27, 1777. 4. Elizabeth, November 21, 1777, married Eben Noyes; died June 27, 1809. 5. Michael, January 1, 1780. 6. John, October 29, 1781. 7. Joseph, May 26, 1783, mentioned below. 8. Abigail, May 25, 1785, married, 1809, Alexander Baker. 9. Sarah, January 6, 1787, died March, 1816. 10. Esther, Novem- ber 25, 1789, married, June 4, 1810, Jacob Merrill; died July 25, 1850. II. William, July 7, 1791, lost at sea 1815. 12. Mary, May 13,
1795, married, November 16, 1815, John Ord- way Webster Brown, of Newbury.
(VII) Josepli, son of Ebenezer Sumner, was born at Newburyport, May 26, 1783, died September 21, 1861. He removed from New- buryport to Lubec, Maine, in 1811. He was a merchant. . He was commissioned lieutenant in the Maine militia November 12, 1812, and was stationed for a time in the war of 1812 at Eastport and Castine, Maine. His com- mand on one occasion marched all the way from Maine to New York state. He was rep- resentative to the Maine legislature in 1828. He married, March 18, 1818, Sarah Wiggin, born 1784 in Newmarket, New Hampshire, died September 21, 1861. Children, born at Lubec: I. Joseph Warren, January 3, 1819. 2. William Hunt Tyler, January 13, 1822. 3. Sarah Jane, August 31, 1824, married, De- cember 21, 1848, Taft Comstock, of Lubec. 4. Chauncey Whittlesey, May 13, 1826. 5. Salome Sears, August 19, 1828. 6. Elizabeth Tappan, November 10, 1830. 7. Alexander Baker, February 19, 1833, mentioned below. 8. George Wiggin, April 3, 1835, died Decem- ber 30, 1858. 9. Solomon Thayer, March 14, 1839.
(VIII) Alexander Baker, son of Joseph Sumner, was born at Lubec, Maine, February 19, 1833. He received his education in the public schools of his native town. When a young man he was clerk in the general store of Simeon Ryerson, whose daughter he sub- sequently married. He enlisted as a private August 14, 1862, in Sixth Maine Regiment of Volunteers, was commissioned second lieuten- ant soon after, and served to the end of the civil war. He was promoted first lieutenant and later captain of his company. His regi- ment was in the Sixth Army Corps. He took part in the battle of Antietam and at the en- gagement at Mary's Heights, near Fredericks- burg, May 3, 1863, and at Rappahannock, where his regiment suffered severe losses. When the term of their enlistment expired, in June, 1864, the remnants of the Sixth Maine Regiment was incorporated with the Fifth and Seventh Maine regiments, and Colonel Sumner was given a commission as major in a new regiment called the First Maine Veteran Volunteer Regiment. He was all through the severe fighting in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia under General Philip H. Sheridan and others. General David A. Russell was in command during the campaign about Win- chester, Virginia. Colonel Sumner was mus- tered out of the service in 1865 with the rank
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of lieutenant colonel by brevet. He returned to Lubec and was admitted to partnership by his former employer. The firm conducted a general store and acted as shipping agents for a number of vessels. Later, when Mr. Ryer- son died, Colonel Sumner continued the busi- ness under the firm name of A. B. Sumner & Company. He has been in active business now for a period of more than forty years. His firm deals extensively in hardware, grain, coal and wood.
He is a prominent Republican, having joined the Republican party at its organiza- tion and voted for Fremont in 1856 and for the Republican ticket at every subsequent elec- tion. He was town treasurer of Lubec two years, town clerk three years, selectman of Lubec for a number of years, state senator in 1877-78. He served on important committees and proved to be a legislator of sound judg- ment. He was a member of Governor Joseph Bodwell's council in 1887-88. He was one of the delegates-at-large from the state of Maine to the Republican National convention at Chi- cago when Benjamin Harrison was nominated for president. He is a member of William H. Brown Post, No. 138, Grand Army of the Re- public, of Lubec, Maine, and was the first commander, serving for two years. He is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 37, Free Masons, of which he was secretary for sev- eral years. He is a member of the military order of the. Loyal Legion, and is now ( 1908) the only living field officer of the civil war east of Bangor in the state of Maine. He is a member of the Lubec board of trade. His family attends the Congregational church, but Colonel Sumner has no denominational pref- erence in religion. He is a stockholder in the new Lubec Trust and Banking Company. Colonel Sumner has taken a leading part in public affairs for nearly half a century. Per- haps more than any other man in his section of the state he enjoys the public confidence and respect. Of strict integrity in business, of sterling character, a brave and tried soldier, an efficient public servant, a public-spirited and useful citizen, Colonel Sumner deserves well the high place he has held so long in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
He married, October 8, 1866, Sarah A., of Lubec, born November 23, 1841, daughter of Simeon Ryerson, who was born June 26, 1814, in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Her mother, Sarah (Lamson) Ryerson, was born in Bos- ton, December 14, 1814. Her sister Harriet married Dr. A. T. Clarke, of Cannon City, Colorado; her sister, Clara Ryerson, never married.
FILES This name is not a common one and is difficult to locate. One branch of the Files family were of Canterbury, Kent, England. The circum- stances of the arrival of the American an- cestor of the following line were such that unless private family letters or documents ex- ist of the earliest generations, it would be hopeless to try to prove relationship with the English branch.
(I) William Files, emigrant and progenitor of the Maine family, was born in England, 1728. Having a stepfather he ran away from home at nine years of age, and hid in the hold of a sailing vessel. The captain discovered him and finally landed him on Cape Cod, sell- ing him for the price of his passage. The boy worked until he had settled the debt. In 1756 he married Joanna (Gordon) Moore, of Cape Cod, and moved to York, Maine, and thence to Gorham. Eventually he accumulated a large property. He bought of John Free- man at Gorham thirty-eight acres of land, part of the two hundred granted by the proprietors to the two sons of Captain Phinney, Edmund and Stephen. He made a clearing and built a log cabin where he lived for some time, but later erected a two-story house, afterward oc- cupied by his great-grandson, David F. Files. William Files was in the English army at Cape William Henry on Lake George and, with another, was captured by the Indians, but they made their escape through superior strength, and when pursued hid themselves in a hollow log, and although the Indians tried to smoke them out, they finally concluded they were wrong in supposing they were hidden, and left them to make a second escape, though a month's hardships in the woods nearly cost them their lives, and they returned home hard- ly recognizable and almost in rags. William was a member of the Regiment of Rangers and was known as "William the old Ranger.' He was one of the oldest members of the Con- gregational church of Gorham and a man of the strictest honor and integrity. It is told of him that he was "so careful never to be in debt that he was never known to have paid but twenty cents interest." He died March 21, 1823, aged ninety-five, and his wife died Jan- uary, 1816, aged seventy-five. Their children were: I. Ebenezer, born in York, Maine, Feb- ruary 24, 1758, married Molly Elder (int.) April 8, 1780. 2. Samuel, born in York, Au- gust 4, 1759, married Esther Thomas. 3. William, born in Gorham (and those that fol- low), August 15, 1761, married, December 30, 1784, Hannah Sturgis and (second) Mary
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McKenney. 4. Robert, born February 13, 1764, married (int.) December 10, 1808, Ruth Woodman, of Minot, who died September 13, 1809; he married (second) Sally Winslip. 5. George, February 2, 1766, married, October 10, 1789, Temperance, daughter of Jonathan and Temperance (Gorham) Sturgis. 6. Jo- seph, December II, 1767, married (int.) De- cember 22, 1798, Anna Haskell. 7. Polly, July 2, 1771, married, November 14, 1819, Daniel Small, of Raymond. 8. Joanna, May II, 1774, died young. 9. Elizabeth, July 29, 1799, mar- ried, January 3, 1804, Rev. Joseph Higgins, of Thorndike.
(II) Samuel, second son of William and Joanna Gordon ( Moore) Files, was born in York, Maine, where his parents lived but a few years. He married, September 28, 1780, Esther, daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( Pick- ering) Thomas, and sister of Ebenezer Scott Thomas, a revolutionary soldier. Her grand- father was Joseph, son of Thomas Thomas, an early inhabitant of Falmouth Neck, Maine, where he was granted land in 1716. Samuel Files and wife lived on his father's farm be- tween West Gorham and Fort Hill. He died April 7, 1835, and his widow died March I, 1844, aged eighty-one. They had ten children : I. Samuel, born August, 1781, married Katie Linnell and (second) Sarah Bryant. 2. Thom- as, 1783, married, June 1I, 1807, Statira, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah P. (Stuart) Phinney, of Standish, and granddaughter of Captain John Phinney, of Barnstable, Massa- chusetts, and Falmouth, Maine. 3. Joseph, born 1785, married, January 22, 1810, Peggy Westcott and (second) Sally Morton, went to Thorndike. 4. Robert, 1787, married, April 21, 1818, Patience Phinney and (second) Ann B. Thomes. 5. Abigail, 1789, married Luther Libby, of Scarboro, and (second) Rev. Sar- gent Shaw. She died May 27, 1880. 6. Eu- nice, born 1791, married David Thompson, of Thorndike. 7. George, 1793, married Anna Shaw ; went to Thorndike. 8. Ebenezer S., 1795, married Patience Phinney, May 14, 1818. 9. Stephen, February, 1800, married Eunice B. Freeman. 10. Sally, 1802, married, January 23, 1843, Luther Libby.
(III) Stephen, youngest son of Samuel and Esther (Thomas) Files, was born in Gorham, Maine, February, 1800. He lived on the home- stead farm at West Gorham. He married, October 21, 1827, Eunice B., daughter of David and Bethiah (Bangs) Freeman, who was born February 4, 1808. She was the great-granddaughter of Major John Freeman, who was prominent in Plymouth Colony and
a soldier of King Philip's war. Her grand- parents were Nathaniel and Mary (Chase) Freeman, of Standish, Maine. Stephen Files died April 14, 1882, and his widow died July 6, 1885. They had five children: I. David F., born March 3, 1830. 2. Hannah B., No- vember 16, ' 1832, married Charles S. D. Prince, March 28, 1850; children: Edward, Henry, Nellie Thompson and Stephen Files Prince ; all died young. 3. Charles, 1842, died April 21, 1843. 4. Susan A., November 19, 1844, married Paul R. Seavey, of Bangor. Children : Mary, born October 4, 1873, mar- ried Hiland L. Fairbanks, December 10, 1902. Haller David, born October 3, 1876, married Charlotte Davis, June 27, 1905.
(IV) David F., eldest son of Stephen and Eunice B. (Freeman) Files, was born in Gor- ham, March 3, 1830, and married (first), Jan- uary 1, 1857, Fannie Curtis; (second) Mor- gia Eastman. He followed the occupation of farmer and was an express messenger. The old home farm is still in possession of this branch of the family (1908). No children by the first marriage. Children of David F. and Morgia (Eastman) Files : 1. Hannah Prince, born March 29, 1862, died August, 1863. 2. Charles Eben, September 6, 1863, married, De- cember, 1908, - -. 3. Carrie Whipple, July 3, 1865, unmarried. 4. Jane Eastman, May 5, 1867, unmarried. 5. Harry Prince, July 3, 1869, married Inez G. Doane, October 28, 1906. 6. Stephen Clifton, May 12, 1871, mar- ried Bertha M. Sands, February 27, 1901. 7. Nettie Seavey, August 24, 1873, unmarried. 8. William Rolf, mentioned below. 9. Kath- arine, April 28, 1876, married Oliver Dow Smith, September 6, 1899.
(V) William Rolf, son of David F. and Morgia (Eastman) Files, was born in Gor- ham, Maine, March II, 1875. He was edu- cated at the public schools of Gorham and the University of Maine, class '98. He followed the profession of mechanical engineer in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, finally locating with the Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Com- pany at Providence, Rhode Island. In politics he is a Republican; is unmarried. He is a member of the Maine Society of New York, and is a member of Raritan Lodge, A. F. and A. M., No. 61, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Lafayette Chapter, No. 26, Rahway, New Jer- sey.
This is said to be a com- WILLIAMSON mon name among the English Quakers and is found upon the "Rolls of Persecuted Quakers"
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1659-86. Branches of the family were scat- tered through five of the English counties. Philip Williamson, of Cambridgeshire, was imprisoned in 1659 for nearly a year for testi- fying against the corruption of the times. In 1660 was driven from his own hired house and 1669-72 was imprisoned for non-payment of tithes. For this last course Thomas William- son, of county Bedford, was imprisoned, also Ellen Williamson, of Cheshire. Thomas, George W., Patrick and Hugh Williamson, of county Durham, were also fined or put in prison for various causes, and John William- son, of Lincolnshire, was subjected to a fine by the court. Besides these English branches, the name was known in Holland, and Willem Willemsen, born in that country in 1637, was the progenitor of one branch in America. The ancestor of the Williamsons who settled in Maine, however, is not clearly identified, nor is the locality known of his English home.
(I) Timothy Williamson, emigrant ances- tor, was entered on the town records of Marshfield, Massachusetts, June 24, 1649, and also in 1657 as "Tymothie Williamson," pur- chaser of lands in that town. He is supposed by some to be the son of the "Master" George Williamson, who according to history acom- panied Miles Standish in his first interview with Massasoit, March 22, 1621. He lived near the meeting house, "which he was ap- pointed to keep warm and clean." June 3, 1656, he was propounded as freeman of Plym- outh Colony and admitted a year later. At the town meeting at Marshfield, May, 1655, he was appointed surveyor ; in 1656 constable and in 1659 pound keeper. At the general court held May 4, 1673-74 "Libertie was granted by the court unto Timothy Williamson to keep an ordinary at Marshfield for the entertain- ment of strangers, for lodging, victualing and the drawing and selling of beer." Timothy Williamson married, June 6, 1653, Mary, the daughter (probably) of Arthur Howland, of Marshfield. He died in King Philip's war, and was buried August 6, 1676. He left a will and the inventory of his estate was about fifty pounds. After his death his widow continued his business at inn-keeping, and married (sec- ond), January 22, 1679, Robert Stanford, of Marshfield, and died 1690. The children of Timothy and Mary were: I. Mary, born July 7, 1654, married, March 9, 1678-79, Josiah Slawson. 2. Timothy, February 26, 1655, bur- ied September 18, 1682. 3. John/November 21, 1657. 4. Caleb, March, 1661/62, married, May 3, 1687, Mary Cobb. 5. Experience, mar- ried, April 25, 1684, Joseph Taylor. 6. Na-
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