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(VI) Colonel Nathaniel, son of Joseph (3) Fairbanks, was born in Dedham, July 15, 1754. He was a resident of Winthrop, Maine, and closely identified with everything which
promoted the growth and welfare of the town from the beginning. He settled in what has since been known as the Metcalf neighbor- hood, then and for many years the center of the town. In 1778 he built a house, which is now or was lately standing in good preserva- tion. Here he entertained many men of note, among them Tallyrand, the French diplomat, and the Duke of Orleans, afterwards Louis Phillippe, as they made a journey through the country in 1794. That year he built a tan- nery which he conducted until 1800, when he removed to the village. He enlisted in 1775 in Captain Samuel McCobb's company, Colonel John Nixon's regiment, and was afterwards a member of Benedict Arnold's expedition up the Kennebec to Quebec. He took part in the siege of Boston, and served six weeks after his term had expired. He received a captain's commission from Governor Hancock in 1788 and was the first man in Winthrop to be com- missioned colonel of a regiment. He held many positions of trust, and served in almost every office within the gift of the town. He was nine years representative to the general court and was delegate to the Portland con- vention in 1794. He was well educated and gifted with a charming presence. He could entertain both in private conversation and in public speaking. He was fond of reading and well versed in the topics of the day. His gift of story-telling was remembered with delight by his grandchildren, to whom he often told tales of his pioneer days. In 1814 he removed to Wayne, where he was also active in public affairs, and where he died, March 27, 1838.
He married (first) October 21, 1778, Su- sanna Metcalf, born May 27, 1759, died in Franklin, Massachusetts, September 24, 1791, daughter of Dr. Joseph and Hannah ( Haven) Metcalf, of Wrentham. He married ( second) January 1, 1793, Lydia Chipman, born in Halifax, Massachusetts, January II, 1767, died in Wayne, Maine, August 23, 1855, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Waterman) Chipman. She was a lineal descendant of the Pilgrim, John Howland. Children of the first wife, born in Winthrop: I. Hannah, December 20, 1781, married, November 29, 1798, Liberty Stanley ; died July 5, 1813. 2. Philo, Febru- ary 21, 1784, died December 24, 1868; mar- ried (first) Susanna Besse; (second) July 30, 1862, Mary Witham. 3. Calvin, August 5. 1789, died February 28, 1856; married, June 7, 1819, Hannah Thompson. Children of second wife : 4. Columbus, November 7, 1793, mentioned below. 5. Franklin, June 18, 1795, killed while driving a coach between Frederic
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and Hagerstown, Maryland, July 26,. 1832; married, September 26, 1819, Hannah Sewall. 6. Susan, December 15, 1796, married, Sep- tember 29, 1823, Rev. David Starrett; died August 16, 1891. 7. George W., August 5, 1803, died October 13, 1888 ; married, April 1, 1828, Lucy Lovejoy.
(VII) Columbus, son of Colonel Nathaniel Fairbanks, was born in Winthrop, Maine, No- vember 7, 1793, died September 7, 1882. At the time of his death he was the oldest native- born citizen of Winthrop. He was a farmer and it is said that he earned his first money, when nine years old, by driving oxen for one cent a day and his dinner. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He and his wife joined the church in 1820. He was industri- ous and a respected citizen of the town. He was well versed in the traditions of his family and was proud of his ancestry. He married (first ) September 17, 1816, Lydia Wood Tink- ham, born May 22, 1797, died May 10, 1859, daughter of Seth and Catherine ( Woodman) Tinkham, of Wiscassett, Maine. He married (second) November 8, 1860, Mrs. Lydia T. Wing, born December 1, 1803, died June 8, 1895, widow of Isaac D. Wing, and daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Lambert ) Trufant, of Winthrop. Children, all by first wife, born in Winthrop: I. Horatio Wood, June 27, 1817, died August 4, 1856; married, June 12, 1839, Mary Caroline Ladd. 2. Franklin Tinkham, October 21, 1818, married (first) June 2, 1842, Susan Johnson Cony Stewart ; (second ) August 17, 1878, Mrs. Henrietta Elizabeth ( Benteen) Doyle. 3. Joseph Woodman, No- vember 16, 1821, mentioned below. 4. Phebe Wood, December 31, 1824, died June 19, 1856. 5. Charles Henry, November 20, 1827, died September 30, 1828. 6. Charles Nelson, Sep- tember 27, 1829, married (first) February 27, 1859, Phebe Jane Crandall; (second) Decem- ber 25, 1864, Julia Stubbs Hunter ; died Jan- uary 9, 1868; no issue. 7. Edwin Bartlett, December 18, 1831, died August 25, 1833. 8. Emily, February 22, 1834, married, October 29, 1856, Dr. Israel Tisdale Talbot. 9. Sam- uel, April 2, 1839, died May 30, 1839.
(VIII) Hon. Joseph W. Fairbanks, son of Columbus Fairbanks, was born in Winthrop, Maine, November 16, 1821, died December 8, 1905. He was educated in the district school of his native town. In September, 1844, he went to Farmington and entered the store of his brother, Franklin T., as clerk, in his shoe- store. Two years later he bought the business of his brother, and continued in the business with great success until 1878, when he re-
tired from active work. After that time he was identified with the banking interests of the town. He was a trustee of the Franklin County Savings Bank, and vice-president of the First National Bank, the successor of the Sandy River National Bank, of which he was president. Hé was active in town affairs, and lent his aid and influence to all public enter- prises. He was representative and senator during 1864 and 1868 and valuation commis- sioner in 1880-81. He was a trustee of State Normal school. He served the town as as- sessor for several years and as selectman and was instrumental in greatly reducing the in- debtedness of the town. In politics he was a Republican. He married (first) October 14, 1852, Susan Evelina Belcher, born March 29, 1825, died November 8, 1875, daughter of Hon. Hiram and Evelina (Cony) Belcher, of Farmington, Maine. He married (second) October 25, 1876, Henrietta F. S. Wood, of Winthrop, daughter of General Samuel and Florena (Sweet) Wood. (See Wood VII.) Children, all by first wife : I. A daughter, born July 4, 1854, died same day. 2. Mittie Bel- cher, August 24, 1855. 3. Emily Talbot, July 6, 1857, died June 7, 1861. 4. Charlotte Bel- cher, June 5, 1859, married, October 2, 1890, Clifford Wood, son of Colonel Henry Clay and Mary Frances (Lord) Wood; he was born in Standish, Maine, and educated at Thayer Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Law School. Children: i. Clifford Wood, born March 9, 1892; ii. Frances Wood, September 3, 1893 ; iii. Eveline Wood, Septem- ber 6, 1896; iv. Phebe Wood, August 4. 1898 ; v. Lois Wood, February 26, 1901. 5. Wallace Joseph, January 19, 1868, died May 3, 1874.
WOOD The origin of the name is the same as that of Bywood, At- wood, etc., all being originally designations of persons from the location of their homes in or near woods, similar in derivation to the names Hill, Pond, Rivers, Lake, Bridges, etc. The medieval spelling of this surname was Ate Wode, afterwards modified to Atwood and in a majority of cases to Wood, as the prefixes Ap, Mc, De, Le were dropped in other surnames. Almost every conceivable wood in England surnamed some family in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth centuries. In Domesday Book the name is found in its Latin form de Silva in county Suffolk. Some branches of the family have retained the ancient form of spelling to the present time, and the name Atwood is com-
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mon in the United Kingdom as well as Amer- ica. The American families are descended from Philip Atwood, who settled at Malden, Massachusetts, married Rachel Bacheller and Elizabeth Grover and Elizabeth - -; from Herman Atwood, cordwainer, who came from Sanderstead, county Surrey, fifteen miles from London, to Boston before 1643; deacon of the Second Church; died 1651, and from the sev- eral immigrants at Plymouth, many of whose descendants settled upon the spelling Wood. In fact, the Plymouth Atwoods, even the im- migrants themselves, used the two spellings interchangeably, to judge from the records.
(I) Henry Wood, immigrant ancestor, was in Plymouth as early as September 16, 1641, when he bought of John Dunham, the younger, his house and land at Plymouth, for seven pounds. He was among the Plymouth men reported in 1643 as able to bear arms. He re- moved to Yarmouth, where his children, Sam -- uel and Sarah, were born, but in 1649 re- turned to Plymouth. In 1655 he settled at Middleborough. He was not among the twenty-six original purchasers, but received the share set out to John Shaw, and part of his original homestead is still in the possession of his descendants. He was an original pro- prietor of the Little Lotmen's Purchase. His home was near the General Abiel Washburn place. He was admitted a freeman of the col- ony in 1648; was grand juror 1648-56-59-68, and often on other juries. He was one of the complainants against the rates at Plymouth. In 1665 he had one share of thirty acres on the west side of the Nemasket River. His name is sometimes spelled "Wood, alias Atwood," in the records. His son Samuel and son-in- law John Nelson were appointed administra- tors of his estate October 29, 1670. He mar- ried, April 25, 1644, Abigail Jenney, daughter of John, who owned land in Lakenham, now Carver, April 28, 1644. Their sons Abiel and Samuel were among the original members of the church at Middleborough. Their son John made a nuncupative will dated April 13, 1673. bequeathing to his two youngest broth- ers, sister Mary and mother Abigail, and later the court ordered the eldest brother Samuel to give over his land to the youngest brothers, Abiel and James. Children : I. Samuel, born May 25, 1647 ; mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, born January 1, 1649-50. 3. David, born Qc- tober 17, 1651 ; married Mary (Cuthbertson) Coombs, daughter of Cuthbert Cuthbertson, widow of Francis Coombs. 4. John. 5. Jo- seph. 6. Benjamin. 7. Abiel, married Abiah Bowers. 8. James. 9. Sarah, born at Yar-
mouth ; married. November 28. 1667, John Nelson. 10. Abigail, married November 2, 1664-65, Jonathan Pratt. II. Susanna, mar- ried December 11. 1661, John Holmes. 12. Isaac, born 1654.
(II) Samuel, son of Henry Wood, was born at Yarmouth, May 25, 1647. He came to Middleborough with his father, among the first settlers of the town, and became a leading citizen. He was highway surveyor in 1673; constable in 1682; selectman in 1684-89 and other years, fifteen in all. He was one of the original members of the First Church, organ- ized December 26, 1694. After the death of his father, by agreement among the heirs, he received thirteen acres of upland, containing the homestead, also a portion of the Tispequin purchase known as Wood's purchase. He was an original owner of what was known as the Sixteen Shilling purchase. He died February 3, 1718. He married Rebecca , who died February 10, 1718. She joined the First Church, March 27, 1716. Children, born at Middleborough : 1. Henry, mentioned below. 2. Ephraim, born January, 1679 ; deacon of the church; died 1744; married Susanna
3. Deacon Samuel, born September 19, 1684; married Elizabeth 4. Jabez, born 1690; married. 1716, Mercy Fuller. 5. Jo- anna. 6. Anne, born January 20, 1687. 7. Rebecca, April 9, 1682, married Smith. 8. Susannah.
(III) Henry (2), son of Samuel Wood, was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts. He married. December 24, 1717, Mary Tinkham. Children, born at Middleborough: 1. Samuel, September 27, 1718. 2 Esther, July 31, 1720-21 ; died May 9, 1721. 3. Joanna, March 30, 1722; died unmarried, April 7, 1797. 4. Susanna, April 24, 1724; married, December 24, 1767, Samuel Smith. 5. Henry Jr., February 27, 1726-27 ; died December 26, 1806 (gravestone ) ; married, August 1, 1754. Lydia Benson. 6. Moses, February 3. 1730- 31 ; married, January 12, 1762, Lydia Water- man.
(IV) Henry (3), son of Henry (2) Wood, was born at Middleborough, February 27, 1726-27 ; died December 26, 1806. He mar- ried, August 1, 1754, Lydia Benson, born 1737, died February 2, 1814. Most of this family settled in Maine. Children, born at Middleborough : I. Deliverance, March 25, 1755; died August 19. 1769. 2. Mary, May 16, 1756; died August 6, 1808 ; married March 25, 1778, John Tinkham. 3. Hope, October 15, 1757; married Leonard Briggs. 4. Sam- uel, September 10. 1759; died September 10,
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1848; married November 14, 1782, Phebe Morton. 5. Martha, April 9, 1761 ; died Au- gust 4, 1782; married (intention dated Jan- uary 27, 1781) Ebenezer Morton. 6. De- borah, May 12, 1763; died November 18, 1833; married January 15, 1799, Isaac Shaw. 7. Keziah, January 6, 1765; died September, 1854; married, October 1, 1793, Dudley Dear- born. 8. Enoch (twin), June 24, 1769; died February 14, 1836; married, October 30, 1791, Priscilla Camp. 9. Elijah (twin), mentioned below. 10. Susanna, March 12, 1771; died September 29, 1776. II. Joanna, April 9, 1773; married John Harlow. 12. Henry, Jan- uary 14, 1779; died February 14, 1836; mar- ried, October 1, 1800, Eunice Howe.
(V) Elijah, son of Henry (3) Wood, was born in Middleborough, June 24, 1769; died July 28, 1848. He removed to Winthrop, Maine, with other of the family. He was a general merchant there for many years and manufactured wrought iron nails, employing twenty or more journeymen blacksmiths in this industry. An interesting anecdote of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Phebe, wife of Samuel Wood, is told in the history of Winthrop. Colonel Nathaniel Fairbanks called upon her one morning to ask her to spend the day at his house. "I cannot go to- day," she said, "for I am just kneading a batch of rye and Indian bread which I must bake." But the colonel was not to be put off. He persuaded the good lady to mount his horse, and taking the bread trough before him they travelled safely to their destination. She baked the bread at his house and carried it home at night. He married Sarah Clifford. Children, born at Winthrop: I. Samuel, De- cember 1, 1798; mentioned below. 2. Truxton, December 28, 1799; died November 28, 1868; married May 1, 1823, Submit T. Blaisdell. 3. George Washington, born April 7, 1801 ; died unmarried, June 15, 1836, at Bartholomew, Chicot county, Arkansas. 4. Joanna, January 9, 1803 ; died unmarried, July 4, 1874, at Win- throp. 5. Sarah Clifford, November 14, 1805 (twin) ; married, October 18, 1837, Philander Morton. 6. Elijah (twin), November 14, 1805 ; died January 4, 1851 ; married January 27, 1829, Esther Stafford. 7. Mary, Febru- ary 2, 1808; died November, 1879; married, May 25, 1828, Sewall Prescott Jr. 8. Abigail, March 30, 1810; married, November 21, 1839, Charles B. Stinchfield. 9. Lewis, February 29, 1812; married, November 21, 1839, Ann A. Snell; died December 5, 1892.
(VI) Samuel (2), son of Elijah Wood, was born in Winthrop, Maine, December 1, 1798,
died May 26, 1874. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, became clerk in his father's general store and was asso- ciated with him in business. He was a promi- nent Whig and chairman of the town com- mittee of that party ; representative from Win- throp to the state legislature for two terms and served as engrossing clerk of the legis- lature. He was town clerk of Winthrop for many years, also county commissioner. He was charter member of the Lodge of Free Masons at Winthrop. He was a member of the Congregational church, and an active, up- right and useful citizen, having the esteem of all his townsmen. He married, January 18, 1824, Florena Sweet, born at Winthrop, Maine, February 10, 1798, died July 25, 1862, daughter of Arnold and Mary (Bonney) Sweet. Children : I. Henrietta Florena Sweet, mentioned below. 2. General Henry Clay, born May 26, 1832, resides at 350 West End avenue, near One hundred and Second street, New York City, a retired officer of the United States army; his son, Winthrop S. Wood, also a United States army officer, lives in Seattle, Washington.
(VII) Henrietta Florena Sweet, daughter of Samuel Wood, was born at Winthrop, Sep- tember 16, 1825. She received a good edu- cation in the public schools and taught school for some years before the civil war in the state of Kentucky. She married, October 25, 1876, in Winthrop, Joseph Woodman Fair- banks, born in Winthrop, November 16, 1821, died December 8, 1905. (See Fairbanks VIII.)
The surname Goodwin is of GOODWIN ancient origin. Several pio- neers of that name settled in New England William and Ozias Goodwin, brothers, settled in Hartford, Connecticut, about 1632; Christopher Good- win in Charlestown, Massachusetts, his de- scendants removing to Boston, Reading and Marblehead, Massachusetts, and York, Maine. Richard Goodwin resided in Gloucester, Massachuetts, in 1660, and many of his de- scendants of that section spell the name God- ding. Edward Goodwin was in Boston in 1640, and another Edward in Gloucester in 1660.
(I) Daniel Goodwin, immigrant ancestor, believed to be a brother of Richard Goodwin, of Gloucester, and son of Bridget Goodwin, who married (second) Henry Travers, and (third) Richard Window. She died in Gloucester, where her inventory was dated August 9, 1673. There is good reason for be- lieving that the home of Daniel Goodwin in
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England was Torrington, near Plymouth. Daniel Goodwin was in Kittery, York county, Maine, as early as 1652. He married, first, in Kittery, Margaret Spencer, daughter of Thomas and Patience ( Chadbourne) Spencer. Patience Chadbourne was daughter of Wil- liam. Goodwin married, second, after March. 1670, Sarah (Sanders) Turbet, widow of Peter Turbet. Daniel Goodwin died about 1712. He was a prominent citizen of Kittery, a surveyor, innkeeper and large landed pro- prietor. Children of first wife: I. Daniel, born 1656, mentioned below. 2. James, mar- ried Sarah Thompson. 3. Thomas, men- tioned elsewhere. 4. William, married Deliv- erance Taylor. 5. Moses, married Abigail Taylor. 6. Patience, married Daniel Stone. 7. Elizabeth, married, first, Zachery Emery ; second, Philip Hubbard. 8. Sarah, married Isaac Barnes. 9. Adams, presented at court December 19, 1675, for non-attendance at meeting. 10. David, mentioned in court rec- ords of New Hampshire in 1670, aged twenty-two.
(II) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (I) Good- win, was born in 1656; married, December 17, 1682, Amy, daughter of Miles and Ann Thompson. He died at Berwick, April, 1726. Children : I. Margaret, born August 23, 1683; married Joseph Hodsdon. 2. Daniel, born June 13, 1685, married Abigail Roberts. 3. Miles, born July 31, 1687. 4. Nathaniel, born October 29, 1689, married about 1712, Mary Gyles. 5. Amy, born April 19, 1693, married, November 6, 1712, Moses Goodwin. 6. Samuel, born May 24, 1695, married Sarah Davis and Mrs. Judith ( Prebel) Smith. 7. James, born July 15, 1697, married Elizabeth -and lived at Falmouth. 8. Thomas, born August 15, 1699, mentioned below. 9. Sarah, born September 23, 1701, married Josiah Paul. IO. Anne, born October 19, 1703, died No- vember 24, 1703. II. Ann, born February 16, 1704, married, January 16, 1723.
(III) Thomas, son of Daniel (2) Goodwin, was born August 15, 1699, died April 3, 1769. Married, December 20, 1722, Abigail Seward. Children : I. Henry, baptized November 21, 1723, married, February 28, 1747, Elizabeth Weymouth. 2. Susannah, baptized May 23, 1725 ; married March 13, 1784 ; died in Bidde- ford March 9, 1813. 3. Daniel, baptized De- cember 25, 1726; married September 14, 1747, Martha Pierce. 4. Gideon, baptized October 5, 1732; married Elizabeth Jenkins. 5. Thomas, baptized October 5, 1732; men- tioned below. 6. Reuben, baptized October 29, 1736. 7. Charity, baptized October 29,
1736; married, December 18, 1760, Thomas Abbot.
(IV) Thomas (2) Goodwin, son of Thomas (I) Goodwin, was baptized in Berwick, Octo- ber 5, 1732; married, October 25, 1753, Su- sannah Downing, born 1732 in Kennebunk- port, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Fabians) Downing (4), Captain John (3), John (2), Dennis Downing (1), of Kittery. They resided in Wells, where the wife died December 26, 1791. Thomas died in May, 1799, aged sixty-six. (It is possible, as sug- gested in the genealogy that this Thomas Goodwin may have been confused with one of his cousins of the same name and some have thought his mother Hannah (Wells) Goodwin instead of Elizabeth, as here given. There is also some doubt as to the correct- ness of the family historian in making this Thomas Goodwin (3), son of James Good- win (2), but the writer believes the lineage here given established after considering all the records found.)
Children of Thomas and Susannah Good- win : I. Hannah, born October 18, 1754, married Theophilus Waterhouse. 2. Eliza- beth, born January 2, 1756, married Thomas Clark. 3. Thomas Wells, born March 16, 1757, died young. 4. Alice, born May 14, 1759, married Stephen Ricker. 5. John Fabians, born September 10, 1760, married Lucy Storner and died without issue. 6. Wil- liam, born June 28, 1762, died in infancy. 7. Richard, born July 20, 1763, married Mrs. Salome Cousins. 8. Susannah, born March 5, 1765, married Zebulon Larabee. 9. Down- ing, born August 15, 1766, died in infancy. IO. Sarah, born December 3, 1767, married John Goodwin. II. Lydia, born March 3, 1769, married Thomas Clark. 12. Downing, born November 18, 1770, mentioned below. 13. Thomas Wells, born September 28, 1771, died in Wells. 14. Benjamin, born Septem- ber 10, 1773, married Susan Day; daughter Lucy S. married Calvin Dunton, of East Charlestown, Vermont. 15. Mehitable, born March IO, 1777, married Pike Gordon and Dr. Marshall.
(V) Downing, son of Thomas (2) Good- win, was born November 18. 1770, in Wells ; married in Topsham, Maine, Mary (or Polly) Haley, born 1772, daughter of Joseph Haley, born in Kittery in 1738, and Mary Goodwin, his wife, sister of Samuel Goodwin, of Wells, and perhaps a daughter of Thomas and Han- nah (Wells) Goodwin, granddaughter of Dan- iel Goodwin (2), and great-granddaughter of Daniel Goodwin (I). Downing Goodwin re-
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sided in Freeport, Maine, removing to Bruns- wick and thence to Topsham, Maine. In Feb- ruary, 1807. he settled in Burton ( then Al- bany ), New Hampshire, where his wife Mary died March 21, 1836, aged sixty-four years and three months. He died March 1, 1841, in Baldwin. Children : 1. Susan, died young. 2. John, born August 31, 1794, mentioned be- low. 3. Downing, married Hannah Yeaton. 4. Sarah, married twice. 5. Mary, married Levi Whitten. 6. Susan Downing, married John Clark. 7. Hannah, married David Harri- man. 8. Lydia, died young. 9. Aaron, mar- ried Martha Hamblin. 10. Moses, born Jan- uary 2, 1808, married Jane Rounds. II. Jo- seph Haley, married Sarah Atkinson and Lydia Pratt. 12. Joshua, born September I, 1812, married Sophia Marden.
(VI) John, son of Downing Goodwin, born in Topsham, Maine, August 31, 1794, died at Baldwin, Maine, August 19, 1873. Mar- ried (first ) Abigail Brown, born November 21, 1792, daughter of Ephraim and Huldah (Richardson ) Brown. She died December 14, 1833, and he married (second) Sarah Cole, born August 25, 1798, died July II, 1840. Mr. Goodwin married (third) Eliza Richardson, born August 1I, 1808, daughter of Elisha Richardson. She died April 6, 1867. He married (fourth) Clarinda Buzzell. He resided in Baldwin, Maine, from 1817 for over forty years, a general merchant in part- nership with Lot Davis at the "Corner." He kept a tavern from 1830 to 1853, removing afterward to Limington. Children of first wife: I. Emeline, born April 30, 1820. died September 19, 1862, unmarried. 2. John Mun- roe, born September 3, 1822. mentioned be- low. 3. George Peabody, born April 21, 1825, married Lucia (Williams) Atherton ; died at Evanston, Illinois, June 12, 1878. 4. Hannah Brown, born March 15, 1827, died June 26, 1829. 5. Ephraim Henry, born March 31, 1829, died at Stowell, Victoria, Australia, August 20, 1901 ; married Matilda Ashton. 6. Abigail Brown, born July 25, 1831, died August 19, 1903 ; married L. W. Small. Child of second wife: 7. Olive Maria, born August 16, 1836, married James K. Emery. Children of third wife: 8. Eugene, born Au- gust 21, 1848, married Clara Eastman. 9. Mary Eliza, born September 30, 1849, mar- ried George B. Schermerhorn. 10. Newton, born September 30, 1852, married Nellie Bur- ling.
(VII) John Munroe, son of John Good- win, was born September 3, 1822, in Bald- win, Maine. He attended the public schools
of his native town, Yarmouth Academy and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1845. Ile taught school in the old Alfred Academy at Alfred, Maine, and the academy at Dennys- ville. Ile then turned to the study of law in the office of Judge Wells, of Portland, and in 1848 was admitted to the bar. He came to Biddeford, Maine, in 1850, and began to prac- tice his profession in that city. He achieved a prominent place in his profession and also in public life. He was a Democrat in a Re- publican state and continued steadfast in his allegiance to the party through all its vicissi- tudes. He was elected from time to time to various offices of trust and honor ; was in the common council and board of aldermen of Biddeford; was city solicitor for a number of years; superintendent of schools, city treas- urer and collector. He was representative to the state legislature in 1863-64 and was a state senator in 1855. In 1876 he was a can- didate for congress against Hon. Thomas B. Reed. He was once nominated for attorney general of Maine by the Democrats in the legislature and once for United States sena- tor. He was the first president of the Citi- zens' Municipal Association of Biddeford, and was at the head of that organization many vears. He was a member of Dunlap Lodge of Free Masons. He attended the Congrega- tional church. He died March 8, 1905, aged eighty-two years and six months. He married, July 16, 1850, Harriet Proctor Herrick, born January 17, 1829, in Alfred, daughter of Ben- jamin Jones and Mary (Conant) Herrick. Children : I. Francis Jones, born January 12, 1852, married Emily R. Milliken. 2. George Brown, born March 4, 1855, mentioned below. 3. Mary Isabel, born February 22, 1857, mar- ried Frederick Gold Lyman, of Montreal, where she died in 1888. 4. Henry Herrick, born November 29, 1859 ; married Jennie Mur- ray. 5. William Burton, born January II, 1864, married Mary Hills.
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