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turned to Lewiston and started the Merchants' Express, Lewiston to Boston by way of the Bath boat, an enterprise which is still doing business. Mr. Wakefield's next venture was in the shoe business, under the firm name of Gorham & Wakefield, which became the S. D. Wakefield Company after the death of Mr. Gorham. After six years of this, Mr. Wake- field had an opportunity to learn something of the drug business. Finding it to his liking, on December 1, 1868, he purchased the drug business of A. G. Rankin, which he still con- ducts, after forty years of successful con- tinuance. The firm name became Wakefield Brothers upon the admission of Edwin Wake- field, and after the death of the latter in 1899 Mr. Seth D. Wakefield conducted the business alone, but still retained the early name. In. addition to his regular occupation, for four years (1897 to 1901) Mr. Wakefield was in- terested in a coal and wood business in Au- burn, under the firm name of Wood & Wake- field; but he eventually sold out to his part- ner. Mr. S. D. Wakefield's father, Archibald Wakefield, was for many years a director of the First National Bank of Lewiston, and upon his death in 1882 Seth D. Wakefield was elected to fill his place; and still later was made vice-president of the bank, which posi- tion he still holds. He is also a director of the Androscoggin County Savings Bank, of Lewiston. He is a Democrat in politics, but in 1875 he was elected to the state legislature, largely by the help of the Republicans, as his own party was in the minority. He has also served on the board of assessors, and in 1876 was on the commission for readjustment. He is an attendant of the Universalist church. On August 25, 1859, Mr. Wakefield married Mary E. Coffin, daughter of Aaron and Fear Parker (Drisco) Coffin, of Washington county, Maine. Two sons were born of this mar- riage, both in Lewiston: Archibald C., Feb- ruary 18, 1861 ; and Frederick S., December 10, 1873. Archibald C. is a clothing merchant in Albany, New York. Frederick S. married Jane Kerr, of New York City, and is a physi- cian living in Lewiston, making a specialty of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
MORRISON The family of Morrison is very numerous in Scotland and the surname has been fixed there and in the adjacent island of Lewis for many centuries, probably for a thou- sand years. It is an old surname in the coun- ties of Lincoln, Hertford and Lancaster, Eng- land, where persons of the name were knighted
and received coats-of-arms. The family has spread over England, Ireland and America. It appears to be evident that all of the name spring from the same stock and have a com- mon origin. The island of Lewis, on the west coast of Scotland, is undoubtedly the place where the family originated, though its founder was probably of Norwegian origin. The family has two tartans-a beautiful red clan tartan and a green hunting tartan. While there is more than one coat-of-arms, that in most general use and presumed to be the most ancient is: Azure three Saracen heads con- joined in one neck proper, the faces look to the chief, dexter and sinister sides of the shield. This design is in general use as a crest, and the three Moors' or Saracen heads in other designs are on the shields of other Morrison families. Motto: Pretio prudentia praestat. (Prudence excels reward. Or, Pru- dence is better than profit; or Long-headed- ness is above price.) It is claimed that the arms and crest were bestowed upon a Morri- son during the Crusades for some deed of daring by Richard Coeur de Lion. The name has been variously spelled Maryson, Moreson, Moryson, Morreson, Moorison, Morrisson, Morson, Morisown, Morisone, Morison, Mor- rison, Murison and Morrowson. In early days the family in Scotland, England, Ireland and America almost invariably spelled the name Morison. About ISoo Morrison came into general use in Scotland, England, Ire- land and America, and has continued to the present time. The best authority on the origin of the name state that it means the son of Mary, Moore or Maurice, and the name as originally written in Saxon English would be Moores-son or Mores-son, or, if the Gaelic form were retained, Mhores-son. In Norse the name would be Moors-son, Moorsonm, Mhors-son, everything indicating a close con- nection between the Moor and Morrison fam- ilies.
(I) Daniel Morrison, immigrant ancestor, was born about 1669, undoubtedly of Scotch ancestry, but whether born in England or Scotland is yet unknown. He settled in New- bury, Massachusetts, before 1690 and was a farmer there for many years afterward. On May 20, 1695, he and Thomas Staples pur- chased of Abiel Long and wife Hannah, eigh- teen acres of land. On February 28. 1696, he was one of sixty-four persons taxed for build- ing the West End Meeting-house. On March 14, 1699-1700, then of Newbury, he bought of Moses Chase of that town fifteen acres ; February 3, 1706-07, he purchased of Stephen
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Greenleaf. of Newbury, twenty-seven acres, known as the Rate lot. He married (first) Hannah Griffin, daughter of John and Lydia (Shatswell) Griffin. Lydia was a daughter of Theophilus Shatswell, son of Theophilus Sr., of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Hannah (Grif- fin) Morrison was born in Bradford with her twin brother John, April 2, 1671, and died in Newbury, October 9, 1700. His widow, Lydia Griffin, and children deeded to Stephen Barker, April 7, 1709, for one hundred and five pounds a tract of one hundred and sev- enty-eight acres of land given to the Widow Griffin by her father, Theophilus Shatswell. This land was on the north side of the river at Haverhill. In this deed Daniel Morrison signs in behalf of his former wife, Hannah Griffin. Daniel bought land June 20, 1710, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Thomas Staples. He deeded forty acres of land in Newbury "for love and affection" March 16, 1726, to his son John. He sold for seven hun- dred and ninety pounds a house and thirty- two acres of land, probably his homestead, April 1, 1731, to Timothy Morse, and bought a home in Rowley of John Stevens, December 23, 1731, with thirty acres of land. He and his wife Mary decded thirty acres at Row- ley for love and affection to Roger Chase and his wife Abigail, of Newbury, mentioning the dwelling-house, barn and orchard. His wife Hannah died October 9, 1700. He married (second) March 27, 1707, Mary, daughter of Deacon John Foulson, of Exeter, New Hamp- shire. She was born September 27, 1664, and died February 14, 1711. He married (third) Mary - -, who survived him. His will, dated November 3, 1736, was proved May 10, 1737. To his wife Mary he gave ten pounds bill of credit "provided she accept of this last will and testament. In case she does not ac- cept this my last will then I do not give her anything. The reason why I thus deal with her is because I have given her forty pounds, which she hath disposed of, which money was in lieu of a bargain made between us before marriage." Children : I. Daniel, born in Newbury, August 1, 1691, resided in Row- ley. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, Newbury, January 27, 1695-96. 4. Ebenezer, Newbury, October 6, 1697, resided in Stra- tham. 5. Mary, Newbury, March 20, 1699, married Charles Annis. 6. Abigail, married Roger Chase, of Newbury, March 16, 1725. Children of second wife: 7. Lydia (twin), February 4, 1710, died young. 8. Beriah (twin), February 4, 1710, died young. 9. and 10. Twins born and died April 1 and 2, 1712.
(11) John, son of Daniel Morrison, was born in Newbury, March 28, 1693. On De- cember 9, 1717, he bought a house and land on the north side of the King's Highway, in Exeter, New Hampshire, of Nathaniel Ladd, of Stratham. He was a resident of Newbury, Massachusetts, however. On March 16, 1726, he received a deed of gift from his father Daniel, forty acres of land in Newbury, on the Bradford road. Later he was a resident of Haverhill, apparently in the east parish ; was a rate-payer there in 1741 and signed petitions there in 1743 and 1748. His will, recorded at Salem, was dated August 18, 1769, and proved February 7, 1770. He was a cordwainer by trade. He married Lydia Robinson. She was allowed one hundred and thirty-four pounds, five shillings, five pence, out of her husband's estate, which was rendered insolvent September 24, 1770. His son-in-law, John Goodrich, was executor. Children: 1. Bradbury, born March 1, 1720, married Elizabeth 2. Daniel, settled in Gilmanton or Kingston, New Hampshire. 3. David, born 1732-33, lived in Sanbornton. 4. Samuel, lived in Sanbornton. 5. Ebenezer, lived in Sanbornton. 6. Jeremiah, "went to some unknown region." 7. Hannah. 8. Abi- gail, married Folsom, of Gilmanton. 9. Lydia, married John Goodrich. 10. Jona- than, died young. 11. Molly. 12. John, men- tioned below.
(III) John (2), son of John (1) Morrison, was born in Sanbornton about 1750. He re- sided in Epping and Candia, New Hampshire, and is the progenitor of the Candia family of Morrisons. He married . Among their children was David, mentioned below.
(IV) David, son of John (2) Morrison, was born in Candia, New Hampshire, March 30, 1792, and died in Palermo, Maine, April 25, 1833. He married Eleanor Lang, born in Candia, February 22, 1793, died in Madrid, Maine, June 24, 1860. Children : 1. David Jr., born April 1812, died July 30, 1860. 2. James, February 10, 1814, mentioned below. 3. Moses Baker, December 4, 1815. 4. Ben- jamin Lang, April 19, 1818. 6. Louisa Jane, June 1, 1820. 6. Cyrus, April 2, 1822, died December 30, 1863. 7. Dairus, August 2, 1824, died October 27, 1825. 8. Salome, Sep- tember II, 1826, died November 5, 1860. 9. Mary, May 9, 1828, died October 27, 1850. IO. Eleanor, April 15, 1831.
(V) Captain James, son of David Morrison, was born in Candia, New Hampshire, Febru- ary 10, 1814, and died in Phillips, Maine, No- vember 12, 1884. He was educated in the
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common schools in Candia, and when twelve years old removed with his parents to Waldo county, Maine, where his father built a saw and grist-mill in Palermo. When a young man he settled in Madrid, Franklin county, and built mills which he conducted for many years. Later he bought a farm in Phillips, Maine, but retained the mills at Madrid. He was in active business up to the time of his death. In politics he was a Republican. He was captain of the militia company at Madrid. He married Mary Leach Doten, born in Buckfield, Maine, May 13, 1807, died July 14, 1887. Children : 1. James, mentioned below. 2. Mary Ellen, born June 17, 1845, married Leroy A. Smith, who died in 1896; had two children, Bertha and Eugene Smith; resided in Rangely, but at present in Los Angeles, California.
(VI) Hon. James (2), son of Captain James (1) Morrison, was born in Madrid, Maine, March 14, 1841. When he was six years old his parents removed to Phillips, Maine, and he worked on the farm and in his father's sawmill, attending school as he found opportunity. At the age of twenty-two he enlisted in the second regiment, Maine Cav- alry, in the civil war, and served in the De- partment of the Gulf. He was at New Or- leans, Thibodeaux, Louisiana ; Brashear City ; Pine Barren Creek and Milton, Florida, Pol- lard, Alabama, and the taking of Mobile, and was with the cavalry detachment that led the Sixteenth Army Corps up through Alabama, and occupied the city of Montgomery. At the close of the war he came home and re- sumed the occupation of teacher, which he had engaged in from time to time. He began the study of law, and was admitted to the Frank- lin county bar in September, 1869. He was superintending school committeeman, one of the selectmen of Phillips for about twelve years, representative to the general court in 1877, senator in 1878 and 1879, serving one term as chairman of the committee on legal affairs and one term on the judiciary. He was appointed judge of probate for Franklin county by Governor Robie in 1883, to fill a vacancy, elected for four years in 1884, re- elected in 1888-92-96. He continued in the practice of law for five years after his admis- sion to the bar, but failing health, the result of hardships and exposure during the war, compelled him to partly give up his office work and devote much of his time in work upon his farm, although he still retains an office. He is interested in the raising of blooded stock, and also in the buying and sell-
ing of timber lands. Judge Morrison has always been a Republican and served six years on the Republican state committee, and has done considerable work in the field and on the stump. He is a radical temperance advo- cate, and believes in the Maine law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor. A man of sterling character and strict integrity, he commands the confidence and esteem of all his townsmen. He is a member of Blue Mountain Lodge of Free Masons, at Phillips, Maine; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Farmington; of Jephtha Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters, Farmington; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, Farmington; of Sherburne Chapter, Eastern Star, Phillips. He is a member also of Mount Saddleback Lodge of Odd Fellows, Phillips, and of Hope Lodge of Rebekahs; of Franklin Grange, No. 186, Patrons of Husbandry, of the Pomona and State Grange. He married, March 14, 1871, Louisa E. Chick, of Madrid, Maine, born December 14, 1850, died Novem- ber 4, 1903, daughter of Benjamin Chick, a native of Ossipee, New Hampshire. Chil- dren, born in Phillips: I. Grace Winnefred, born January 25, 1872, educated in the public schools, at Phillips Academy and at the Farm- ington Normal school; married Orrin Young, a carpenter, in Greenville, Maine, Moosehead Lake; child, Rodney Young. 2. Cassandra Mary, born September 20, 1880, married Har- old W. Worthley, of Avon, a farmer; chil- dren : Herbert M. Worthley, Louisa Worth- ley and George Worthley. 3. James Blaine, born August 10, 1884, law student in the office of Hon. Frank W. Butler, Farmington, Maine.
is a family name of local KENDALL derivation, borrowed probably from Kendal, a noted town in
Westmoreland county, England, on the bor- ders of the river Ken, and signifying the val- ley of the Ken; or, as it is thought by some, from Kent-dale, that is, a dale in the county of Kent. From one or the other of these sources the Kendalls in England and their descendants in America derived their origin and their name. The family in England is very large and widely distributed, many of the branches bearing arms and having dis- tinguished members. The name is found com- mon in Bedfordshire, at Basingborne, Essex; in Lancashire; at Smithby, Derbyshire; in Cornwall; in Devonshire; and Hertfordshire. In 1575 a branch of the family settled in Thorpthules, Durham, a younger son of the
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Kendall family of Ripon, Yorkshire, where the family lived at an early date. Among the early Kendalls who were prominent was John Kendall, sheriff of Nottingham, killed in the battle of Bosworth in 1485, fighting in the army of Richard III.
(I) John Kendall, progenitor of the Amer- ican family, lived in the county of Cambridge, England, 1646, died there in 1660. Two of his sons came to America: I. Francis, men- tioned below. 2. Deacon Thomas, who was a proprietor of Reading, Massachusetts, in 1644; was admitted freeman May 10, 1648; had nine daughters and one son. One daugh- ter and the son died in infancy, thus leaving no descendants bearing his name.
(II) Francis, son of John Kendall, born 1620, in England, is supposed to have been the ancestor of all of his name in New Eng- land prior to the revolution. He came from Kent, England, and was in Charlestown, in 1640, where he subscribed the "Town Or- ders" for Woburn in December of that year ; and was taxed among the earliest inhabitants of Woburn, 1645, and built the first grist- mill there. His house was about one mile west of Woburn Center, on the Lexington road. A family tradition, communicated many years ago by the Rev. Dr. Kendall, of Wes- ton, is that in order to conceal from his par- ents his intention to emigrate to this country, he embarked in England under an assumed name, Miles. Perhaps he was related to Miles Kendall, governor of the Bermuda Islands in 1619. He died in 1708, when according to testimony given by him in court, 1700, he must have been eighty-eight years old. He was a gentleman of great respectability and in- fluence in the place of his residence. He served the town at different times, eighteen years on the board of selectmen, and was often appointed on important committees, especially on one for distributing the common lands of the town, 1664; and on another respecting the erection of the second meeting-house, 1672. In his will, dated May 9, 1706, when he was "stricken in years" (he writes) "and expecting daily his change," he styles himself a miller ; and gives one-half of his mill, with a propor- tionate interest in the streams, dams and uten- sils thereto belonging, to his son John, one- quarter to Thomas, and one-quarter to Sam- uel. This mill has ever since been in the possession of his posterity. He remembered, likewise, in his will the eight daughters of his brother Thomas, one of the first settlers of Reading. The record of his marriage reads thus : "Frances Kendall, alias Miles, and
Mary Tedd (Tidd) Maryed 24th of 10 mno. (24 of December) 1644." This lends sup- port to the family tradition as to his feigned name. Mrs. Kendall was the daughter of John and Margaret Tidd, died in 1705. Their children were: John, Thomas, Mary, Eliza- beth, Hannalı, Rebekah, Samuel, Jacob and Abigail. All the sons made Woburn their place of residence, where their descendants be- came very numerous, though now but few re- main.
(III) Thomas, second son of Francis and Mary (Tidd) Kendall, was born January 10, 1649, in Woburn, where he lived, was a farmer, and died May 25, 1730. He married (first) in 1673, Ruth, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Iggleden) Blodgett, of Woburn. She was born December 28, 1656, in that town, and died December 18, 1695. He married (second) March 30, 1696, Abigail Broughton, who died December 31, 1716. She was the widow of Captain John Broughton, of Salmon Falls, now Berwick, Maine, who was killed by Indians, June 19, 1689, and daughter of Rev. John Reyner, of Dover, New Hampshire. His children, all born of the first marriage, were: I. Ruth, February 17, 1675, married John Walker. 2. Thomas, May 19, 1677, who settled in Framingham. 3. Mary, February 21, 1681, married Joseph Whittemore in 1699. 4. Samuel, October 29, 1682, was lieutenant under Governor Belcher. 5. Ralph, mentioned below. 6. Eliezer, November 16, 1687. 7. Ephraim, 1690, who lived in Wilmington. 8. and 9. Jabez and Jane, twins, September 10, 1692. 10. Son, still-born. The youngest daughter married Joseph Russell in 1712, and Jabez remained in Woburn.
(IV) Ralpn, third son of Thomas and Ruth ( Blodgett) Kendall, was born May 4, 1685, in Woburn, and lived in that town until 1719-20, when he moved to Lancaster, Massachusetts, and there passed his last years. He was mar- ried in May, 1707, in Woburn, to Abigail, daughter of Lieutenant John and Ruth ( Burn- ham) Carter, of that town. She was born March 30, 1689. Their first seven children were born in Woburn, and six more in Lan- caster, as follows: I. Ralph, died at the age of four days. 2. Peter, born October 14, 1710. 3. Abigail, August 14, 1712. 4. Esther, Feb- ruary 14, 1714. 5. Jonathan, February 14, 1716. 6. Bezell, April 7, 1718. 7. Keziah, January 12, 1719. 8. Uzziah, April II, 1721, in Lancaster. 9. Abiarthar, February 22, 1723. IO. Ruth, February 9, 1725. II. Abi- gail, July 20, 1728. 12. Benjamin, September 12, 1731. 13. Eunice, May 14, 1733.
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(V) Benjamin, twelfth child of Ralph and Abigail (Carter) Kendall, was born Septem- ber 12, 1731, in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and like most of his father's children settled in Maine. He located at first at Georgetown, where his first two children were born, and subsequently lived in Dresden, Maine. The last fifteen years of his life were spent at Freeport, Maine, where he died February 28, 1805. Benjamin served in Captain Eleazer Melvin's company, 1754, in the Shirley expe- dition against Niagara. He married Jennie Rogers (styled in her father's will Jean), who was born June 25, 1733, in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and survived him nearly three years ; died April 1, 1808. She was a grand- daughter of George Rogers, a Scotch Presby- terian, who came from Londonderry, Ireland, about 1720, and lived at Londonderry, New Hampshire, before he settled at Georgetown, New Hampshire. He was born about 1662 in Ireland, and died October 30, 1743, in George- town. His wife, Isabella, was born about 1678 and died December 5, 1743. Their gravestones are still to be seen in the Dro- more burying-ground at Phippsburg, Maine. Their son, William Rogers, the father of Jen- nie Rogers, was born in northern Ireland in 1702 and was still a minor when he came to America with his father. He married Dinah, daughter of Hugh Rankin, and settled about 1735 at Georgetown, now Phippsburg, where he died February 23, 1763. The children of Benjamin Kendall were: Abigail, William, Benjamin, Annie, John, Hugh Rogers, Thom- as, Fanny and Robert Rogers.
(VI) Captain Robert Rogers, youngest child of Benjamin and Jean ( Rogers) Kendall, was born March 21, 1773, in Dresden, Maine, and settled in Freeport, Maine, soon after the incorporation of the town. He built a house on Main street at what is known as Kendall's Corner, and this, though enlarged, is still standing and occupied by his descend- ants. He died May 25, 1858. He was a sol- dier in the war of 1812, and was a prominent and highly respected citizen. He was noted as a swordsman, and it is related that in a test of his skill as a swordsman he success- fully defended himself against two men at- tacking him simultaneously with bayonetted guns. He was married May 25, 1797, to his cousin. Margaret Miller Rogers, daughter of William and Eleanor (Stanwood) Rogers. She was born February 26, 1778, in Bruns- wick, Maine, and died at Freeport, January 24, 1860, surviving her husband nearly two years. Their children were: William Rogers, Hora-
tio Gates, Robert Pope, Eleanor Jane, Nathan Nye and Julia Margaret.
(VII) William Rogers, eldest child of Cap- tain Robert Rogers and Margaret M. (Rog- ers) Kendall, was born August 18, 1799, in Freeport, and in his earlier years was a fisher- man, captain of a mackerel "handliner." Later in life he was a farmer upon the paternal homestead in Freeport, where he died about 1880. Like his father he was a member of the Freeport Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, and each in turn occupied the chair in the East. His ruling passion was the desire to shoot wild geese and for this purpose he always kept behind the "entry" door an old flint lock Queens Arm and a bored-out Spring- field rifle ever loaded. It is said that the only chance he ever had to shoot any geese was on a foggy morning when a flock flew low be- tween his barn and house. Never thinking of his guns, he ran out, seized a stick of wood from the fuel-pile and let it go at the disap- pearing birds. The proof of this story lies in the fact that the guns are still in the posses- sion of his grandson, though the charges have been drawn. He was noted in the neighbor- hood as a drummer. He married in Decem- ber, 1829, to Minerva Converse, of Freeport, Maine. She was a woman of marked social gifts, and was especially noted as a skilful whist-player. She was a descendant of Cap- tain George Rogers, was a daughter of Dr. John and Sally (Hanson) Converse, of Dur- ham, Maine, and was born February 27, 1807, in Durham. One of her relatives, named Rog- ers, was an officer during the war of 1812, probably on the ship "Enterprise," and among the relics preserved by her descendants is a round mahogany dining-table that was taken from the "Enterprise" or "Boxer" after the naval battle of Portland in 1813. Mrs. Ken- dall died in Freeport in 1881 at the age of seventy-five years. She was devoted to her grandchildren and it was due to her persistent insistence that her grandson, Dr. William C. Kendall, of Washington, D. C., was kept in school. Her children were: William Pote, John Converse, Sarah and Horatio.
(VIII) William Pote, eldest child of Will- iam Rogers and Minerva (Converse) Kendall, was born August 12, 1831, in Freeport, and died March 1, 1901. By trade he was a painter and was employed almost exclusively on the ships built during the heighth of that industry, for which Freeport was for a long time noted. After the decline of ship-building he engaged in painting buildings and was also a grainer, paper-hanger and glazier. He took
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little interest in public affairs and was not identified with any church or fraternal or- ganization outside of the Grand Army Post at Freeport, of which he was a past com- mander and chaplain. Shortly after the out- break of the civil war, with his brother John C., he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-fifth Maine Volunteers, in which he had the rank of corporal and in which his brother became major. William P. Kendall nearly lost his life of typhoid fever at Arlington, and re- tired from the service after the expiration of the nine months for which he had enlisted. The brother re-enlisted in the Thirtieth Regi- ment and became captain of his company. William P. Kendall found his chief recre- ations in fishing for brook trout and hunting grouse. He married Mary Frances, daughter of Barnabas Bartol and Mary (Coffin) Carver, and granddaughter of Seth and Jane ( Brown) Carver, of Freeport. She was born February 24, 1832, and resides in Freeport. Their chil- dren were: William Converse, Nathan Nye, Fanny G. and Sarah Schieffelin. The elder be- came the wife of Arthur Grant, of Freeport, and died one day previous to her husband. The younger is the wife of Linwood E. Porter, of Freeport, and has two daughters, Vivian Kendall and Frances.
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