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When Mr. Loring died a special town-meet- ing was called, August 1, 1763, and the fol- lowing vote was passed, which throws a flood of light on the customs of the times: Voted, "That Colonel Jeremiah Powell, Deas. Jonas Mason and David Mitchell be a Committee for providing such things as the town may order for the Rev. Mr. Loring's funeral. That Fans, Gloves, Shoes, Ribbons, Buckles, Buttons, Vails and Hoods for the four daughters; Hat- bands, Buckles and Gloves for the three eldest sons ; and a Fan, Gloves and Handkerchief for Bezalel Loring's wife be provided by the Com- mittee at the expense of the town. Voted, that the widow Loring be put in decent mourning, at the discretion of the Committee. Voted, that the Committee provide four crape gowns for the four daughters of Rev. Mr. Loring. Voted, that the three youngest sons be clothed in mourning, at the discretion of the Com- mittee. Voted, that Rings and Gloves be pro- vided for the six pall-bearers, and Gloves for the porters, or under-bearers. Voted, that the Committee provide what other things are nec- essary for the funeral, at their discretion." Mrs. Loring survived her husband forty years, dying September 15, 1803, at the age of ninety.
(V) Thomas (2), fourth son of Rev. Nich- olas and Mary (Richmond) Loring, was born June 6, 1751, at North Yarmouth, Maine, and died in August, 1828. He settled at Walnut Hill as a farmer, and reared a family of eleven children. Both he and his wife were sub-
jects of the great revival in 1791, uniting with the First Church on June 5 of that year. Thomas (2) Loring married Phebe Gray, and their children were: Lot, whose sketch fol- lows; Sarah, married Elbridge Drinkwater ; Ebenezer, died an infant : Ichabod Richmond, married Margery York; David, married Mary Chadbourne; Phebe Gray, died young; John, accidentally killed in boyhood ; Lucy, married Andrew Hayes; Jeremiah, occupied the home- stead and married Jane Leonard ; Dorcas, died unmarried ; Jacob Gray, married Desire Bates, was a trader and ship-builder at Yarmouth Falls and became wealthy.
(VI) Lot, eldest child of Thomas (2) and Phebe (Gray) Loring, was born November 22, 1774, and died July 22, 1847. He mar- ried Sabra Blanchard, and they had four chil- dren : Mary Richmond, mentioned below ; Perez B., married Margery Greely; David Meaubec, married three times and had five children; Sarah Ann, married Samuel Law- rence.
(VII) Mary Richmond, eldest child of Lot and Sabra (Blanchard) Loring, was born about 1808 in North Yarmouth, Maine. She married Samuel S. Hayes, son of Jacob (2) Hayes, of that place, and they had eight chil- dren. (See Hayes, VI.)
John Johnson, immigrant an-
JOHNSON cestor of this branch of the
Johnson family, was born in England, and came to America in the fleet with Winthrop accompanied by his wife Margery, who died at Roxbury, June 9, 1655. and their sons, Isaac and Humphrey, and probably other children. Savage thinks there were three daughters. Johnson was admitted a freeman May 18, 1630. He settled in Roxbury and was called a yeoman. He was chosen by the gen- eral court, October 19, 1630, constable of Rox- bury and surveyor of all the arms of the col- ony, and was a very industrious man in his place. He kept a tavern and was agent for Mrs. Catherine Sumpner, of London, in 1653. He was a man of wealth and much distinction. He was a deputy to the general court in 1634 and many years afterward. His house was burned August 2, 1645. with seventeen barrels of his country's powder and many arms in his charge. At the same time the town records were destroyed. He was elected a member of the Artillery Company in 1638. He signed the inventory of Joseph Weld's estate in 1646. He died September 30, 1650. and his will was proved October 15 following, dividing his property among his five children, the eldest to
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have a double portion. The estate amounted to six hundred and sixty pounds. He married ( second ) Grace ( Negus) Fawer, widow of Barnabas Fawer. Her will was made Decem- ber 21, 1671, and proved December 29, 1671, leaving all her estate to her brothers Jonathan and Benjamin Negus. Children, all by first wife: 1. Isaac, married, January 20, 1637, Elizabeth Porter; killed in the Narragansett fight in King Philip's war, December 19, 1675. 2. Humphrey, mentioned below. 3. Mary, mar- ried Roger Mowry, of Providence, who sold her share in the estate October 12, 1659. Two other daughters.
(II) Humphrey, son of John Johnson, was born in England. He came to America with his parents and settled in Roxbury as early as 1643, when his name appears on a deed. He was a resident of Scituate in 1651, and while he was considered an able and shrewd man he was continually getting into trouble with the authorities. As he came to Scituate without the consent of the governor and two assist- ants, he was ordered to remove, and March 30, 1674, he removed to Hingham. He was given permission by the selectmen to settle upon the common land, provided he would move at three months' notice. On April 22, 1675, he was granted privileges for making im- provements on the land. He resided on Lib- erty Plain at South Hingham. He married (first) in 1642, Eleanor Cheney, of Roxbury, who died at Hingham, September 28, 1678. He married ( second ) Abigail Chil- dren of first wife: I. Mehitable, born 1644. 2. Martha, 1647. 3. John, 1653, drowned at Hingham. June 12, 1674. 4. Joseph, 1655, died young. 5. Benjamin, 1657. 6. Margaret, 1659, married at Hingham, October 20, 1676, Josiah Leavitt. 7. Deborah, 1661, died April I, 1669. 8. Mary, 1663. 9. Nathaniel, July, 1666. 10. Isaac, February 18, 1668, men- tioned below. II. Joseph, September 6, 1676. Children of second wife: 12. John, June 8, 1680. 13. Deborah, February 19, 1682-83.
(III) Captain Isaac, son of Humphrey Johnson, was born at Hingham, February 18, 1668, and died in 1735. He married Abiah, Abial or Ahibail Lazell, born 1667, widow of Isaac Lazell (by whom she had two sons) and daughter of John Leavitt. Isaac Johnson set- tled in West Bridgewater about 1700. He was a captain, member of the general court, and a civil magistrate. Children, the first five born at Hingham, the others at West Bridgewater : I. Abigail, April 28, 1689. 2. David, October 16, 1692. 3. Hannah, January 17, 1694-95. 4. Solomon, March 9, 1696-97. 5. Daniel, April
20, 1700. 6. James, married Jane Harris, daughter of Isaac Harris. 7. Deborah, mar- ried, 1723, Benjamin Perry. 8. Rebecca, mar- ried, 1719, Jonathan Washburn. 9. Sarah, born 1702, married, 1719, Solomon Pratt. IO. John, 1705, mentioned below. 11. Benjamin, 17II. 13. Mary, 1716, married, 1737, James Hooper.
(IV) Major John, son of Captain Isaac Johnson, was born at West Bridgewater in 1705 and died in 1770. He married (first) in 1731, Peggy, daughter of Colonel John Hol- man. She died in 1757 and he married ( sec- ond) Esther (probably). Children, born at Bridgewater : I. Sarah, 1733. 2. Abial, 1735, married (first ) John Alger, 1754; (second) 1758, Ebenezer Pratt. 3. Lewis, 1738, mentioned below. 4. Patience, 1744. 5. Joseph, 1747. 6. Content, 1749, married Cap- tain Jacob Thomas. 7. Calvin, 1751.
(V) Lewis, son of Major John Johnson, was born at Bridgewater (Stoughton), in 1738. He settled in Stoughton. He was a soldier, private in Captain Peter Talbot's company, Colonel Lemuel Robinson's regiment, on April 19, 1775 ; also in Captain Simeon Leach's com- pany early in 1776; also first lieutenant in Captain Simeon Leach's company, Colonel Benjamin Gill's regiment, marching from Stoughton to Braintree, March 21, 1776, after the evacuation of Boston, when the British ships were in the harbor. He was also first lieutenant in Captain Robert Swan's company (sixth), the west company of the second parish of Stoughton, Colonel Benjamin Gill's regiment (third Suffolk) later in 1776. He was second lieutenant in Captain Moses Ad- ams's company, Colonel Eleazer Brooks's regi- ment, in 1778. He kept a tavern and Wash- ington was his guest once. He married (in- tentions dated September 14), December 19, 1765, Mary May, of Stoughton (by Rev. Sam- uel Dunbar). Children, born in Stoughton : I. Mary, August 22, 1766. 2. Nathaniel, Sep- tember 12, 1768, mentioned below. 3. John, September 5, 1770. 4. Lewis, November 29, 1772, married, 1799, Betsey Sturtevant, who died November 28, 1832. 5. Holman. 6. Sally. 7. Lucy. 8. Sarah.
(VI) Nathaniel, son of Lewis Johnson, was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, September 12, 1768, died at China, Maine, February 6, 1849. He removed from his native town to Maine about 1805 and bought a farm at China. He was a prominent citizen and held many positions of trust and honor. He was for some years high sheriff of Kennebec county. He married Sarah Gay, born at Bridgewater,
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Massachusetts, daughter of Aaron and Sarah (Holmes) Gay. She died at China, Maine, in March, 1857. Children, born at China : Lucy, Stephen, Nathaniel H., Adeline M., Elbridge, mentioned below, Fisher H.
(VII) Elbridge, son of Nathaniel Johnson, was born in China, October 12, 1810, and died in Albion, January 20, 1886. He was edu- cated in the common schools of his native town, and from an early age worked on his father's farm. He settled in Albion, Maine, after his marriage and owned a farm there. Besides farming he did teaming and for a number of years was a wool buyer in that sec- tion of the state. Mr. Johnson was a Whig in politics, but after the dissolution of the Whig party became a steadfast Republican. He was always active in the church. He first joined the Baptist Church, later the Christian church at Albion, of which he was a loyal and promi- nent member. He married Mary A. Worth, of Vassalborough, who died March 25, 1885, daughter of Alvin Worth. Children, born in Albion : Charles Henry, George Edwin, judge of probate court, Waldo County, Maine, a resident of Belfast ; Samuel Worth, mentioned below; Warren Gardner, Fisher Gay, El- bridge Jr., Frank Shaw.
(VIII) Samuel Worth, son of Elbridge Johnson, was born in Albion, Maine, October 15, 1842. He attended the public schools of Albion and the China Academy. He studied the profession of medicine at the Maine Med- ical College, where he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1864. He opened an office in Dixmont, Maine, immediately after grad- uating, and practiced there until 1882, when he removed to the large field in Belfast. He has a large practice in that city, where he has since been located. He served on the United States pension examining board for twelve years. He is a member of the Maine Medical Society. He was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Waldo Hospital. Dr. Johnson has been prominent also in public life. He is a Republican in politics, and active and influential in his party. He was on the Dixmont school committee several years and representative from Dixmont to the state leg- islature in 1876. In 1908 Dr. Johnson was appointed collector of customs for the port of Belfast, an office he now fills. He married, April 2, 1870, Laura J. Boody, daughter of David and Lucretia Boody, of Jackson, Maine. (See Boody). Children: I. Fred, born at Dixmont, September 2, 1875, now a dry goods dealer at Belfast, married, February 19, 1908, Elena P. Ellis. 2. Maud L., born in Dixmont,
November, 1877, married, 1902, William B. Woodbury, principal of the schools, York, Maine.
BOODY Zechariah Boody, immigrant an- cestor, came to this country about 1695. History says that he was a deserter from a French ship which landed at Boston, and that he escaped when his companions were captured and executed. He settled in the parish of Madbury, Cocheco, now Dover, New Hampshire, and had a farm of about one hundred and seventy-five acres. He had a grant of ten acres from the town of Dover. He and his wife both lived to an advanced age, and he died about 1755. Chil- dren, all born in Madbury: I. Elizabeth, mar- ried Ebenezer Pitman. 2. Hannah, married Robert Huckins. 3. Charity, married Abed- nego Leathers. 4. Sarah, married Benjamin Jenkins. 5. Abigail, married David Drew. 6. Betty, married James Rowe. 7. Daughter, died young. 8. Keziah, unmarried in 1758. 9. Azariah, mentioned below.
(II) Azariah, son of Zechariah Boody, was born in Madbury, New Hampshire, August 15, 1720. He resided there until about 1760, when he purchased a farm in Canaan, at Bar- rington, where he settled. He died February 26, 1803. He married (first) Bridget Bush- bie, whose parents are said to have lived at the Bermudas and in Boston, and whose ancestor, Nicholas Bushbie, came to this country in the ship "True Love" in 1637. She died in Bar- rington, July 30, 1785, aged about seventy years. Two years later he married second -, of Berwick, Maine. It is said that he brought her from Berwick, a distance of some twenty miles, on horseback, behind him on a pillion, and that their combined weight was not less than four hundred pounds. Children, all by first wife: I. Robert, born April 3, 1743, mentioned below. 2. Zechariah, August 12, 1745, married Mary Demerritt. 3. John, June 23, 1749, married Susannah Langley about 1750; died April 23, 1815. 4. Molly, June 23, 1749 (twin), married Peter Hodg- don. 5. Joseph, May 16, 1752, married Olive Drew; died 1824. 6. Sarah, March 8, 1755, married Isaac Waldron ; died March 6, 1805. 7. Hannah, March 29, 1758, married Aaron Waldron ; died February 7, 1830. 8. Azariah, November 29, 1761, died young. 9. Betsey, November 2, 1763, married John Caverly ; died November 17, 1832.
(III) Rev. Robert, son of Azariah Boody, was born April 3, 1743, died April 21, 1814. He settled first at New Durham, New Hamp-
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shire, in 1770. Two years later he removed to Limington, Maine. He held many positions of trust in the town, and was selectman and treasurer alternately up to the end of his life. He was a clergyman of the Quakers, and one of the leading men of that denomination in Maine and New Hampshire. On June 30, 1780, he and his brother Joseph Boody united with Rev. Benjamin Randall in the organiza- tion of the Freewill Baptists. On September 2 of that year Robert Boody was ordained to preach and to serve as the first deacon of the church. He was a man held in high esteem by his townsmen. He married, April 13, 1763, Margery Hill, born April 23, 1744. Children : I. Azariah, born February 6, 1764, married, , March 30, 1789, Betsey Chick, of Falmouth ; died November 16, 1836. 2. Molly, May 26, 1766, married Robert Hasty, of Parsonfield, Maine; died October, 1833. 3. Robert, Au- gust 27, 1768, married, in 1795, Mercy Stover, of Limerick, Maine ; died April, 1836. 4. Ab- igail, November 2, 1770, died November 17, 1770. 5. Sarah, August 28, 1771, married David Stover. 6. John H., September 18, 1773, mentioned below. 7. Betsey, January 15, 1777, married, August 5, 1798, Ebenezer Morton ; died February 4, 1846. 8. Ruth, June 13, 1779, married Greene and went west ; it is said that at the age of thirty she weighed three hundred and thirty pounds. 9. Joseph, January 31, 1782, married Soloma Clark. 10. Israel, February 12, 1784, married, December 12, 1800, Hannah Strout ; died De- cember 1, 1854. II. Benjamin, April II, 1786, married (first) in 1806 Jane Crane, who died April 22, 1826; married (second) April 21, 1830, Sarah Winslow; died Decem- ber 16, 1844. 12. Edmund, August 15, 1788, married Lydia Jones, of Windham, Maine; died December, 1853. 13. Henry H., August 15, 1788 (twin), married Mary Bond; died with no issue in 1852. 1
(IV) John H., son of Rev. Robert Boody, was born in New Durham, New Hampshire, September 18, 1773, died July 15, 1848. He settled at Jackson, Waldo county, Maine. He was a carpenter by trade, and owned a farm there. He married Patience Redman, of Scar- borough, Maine, who died in August, 1854. Children : 1. John, born in Scarborough, Sep- tember 18, 1796, died at sea. 2. Isabella, April 10, 1799, married (first) Edward March, of Portland ; (second) Charles Brad- ford, of Bangor; (third) - Gollof (Gal- lup?). 3. Sally, June 16, 1801, married, Feb- ruary 17, 1842, John Emery, of Ripley, and had three children. 4. Lucinda, August 7,
1803, married Moses Saunders, of Bangor, and had one child. 5. David, mentioned be- low. 6. Redman, April 4, 1811, married, in 1833-34, Mary Twichell, of Dixmont, Maine, and had ten children. 7. Harriet, October 31, 1812, married, December 5, 1839, Samuel Eastman and had three children. 8. Hon. Henry H., November 10, 1816, married, Sep- tember 3, 1846, Charlotte Mellon Newman, of Berwick, and had two children. 9. Alvin, July 12, 1819, married Sarah Ellen Sewell, of Auburn, Maine; died in October, 1855.
(V) David, son of John H. Boody, was born November 9, 1807, died August, 1879, of a cancer. He married Lucretia Mudget, of Prospect, Maine. He resided in Jackson, Maine, his native place, all his life. Children : I. Fitz Henry A., born April 27, 1832, mar- ried Hannah Jane Ames, of Stockton, Maine. 2. David, August 13, 1837, married, June I, 1863, Abbie H. Treat, of Frankfort, Maine, and had five children. 3. John H., April 23, 1847, married, in 1874, Nora Pilley and had one child. 5. Laura Jane, 1843, married Dr. Samuel W. Johnson, of Belfast, Maine. (See Johnson VIII.) 6. Napoleon B. 7. Jose- phine, married Andrew B. Fogg, of Dixmont.
JOHNSON Captain Edward Johnson, im- migrant ancestor, was born in Canterbury, county Kent, England, and baptized there September 16 or 17, 1598. He was son of William Johnson. He came to Charlestown with the first immi- grants, but soon returned to England, and about 1636 or 1637 brought his wife, seven children and three servants, to New England. "He was a man of influence in the colony, and resided in Woburn, where he held many im- portant offices. At the first meeting of the commissioners for the settlement of the new town, he presented a plan of the territory to be included within its limits, and was appointed the first recorder or town clerk. He was ac- tive in founding the first church, and com- manded the first military company in Woburn. He was the author of some unique lines at the beginning of the first volume of the Wo- burn town records, and also of "Wonder- working Providence of Sion's Savior in New England," first printed in London in 1653. He was famous as a surveyor and early ex- plorer. He was appointed in 1665 by the gen- eral court to make a map of the colony, in conjunction with William Stevens. In 1672, after his death, the general court passed an order regarding the chronicle of the early his- tory of the colony, which reads as follows :
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"The court considering how many ways the providence of God hath mercifully appeared in behalf of his people in these parts, since their coming into this wilderness, and us of this colony in particular, do judge it our duty to endeavor that a register or chronicle may be made of the several passages of God's provi- dence, protecting of and saving from many eminent dangers, as well in transportation, as in our abode here making provision beyond what could, in reason, have been expected, and preventing our fears many a time ; so that our posterity and the generation that shall survive, taking a view of the kindness of God to their fathers, it may remain as an obligation upon them to serve the Lord their God with all their hearts and souls." The court, there- fore, appointed a committee "to make diligent inquiry in the several parts of this jurisdic- tion concerning anything of moment that has passed, and in particular of what has been collected by Mr. John Winthrop, Sen., Mr. Thomas Dudley, Mr. John Wilson, Sen., Capt. Edward Johnson, or any other ; that so, mat- ter being prepared, some meet person may be appointed by this court to put the same into form; that so, after perusal of the same, it may be put to press." No fuller account of the origin and settlement of a town of equal age in New England has been given than that by Captain Johnson in his "Wonder-working Providence."
He died in Woburn April 23, 1672. His will was dated May 15, 1671, and the in- ventory, returned May II, 1672, gives the amount of the estate as seven hundred and five pounds, five shillings and six pence. Of this amount about half was for property in England. He married Susan or Susanna , who died March 7, 1689-90. Her son John, with whom she dwelt after her hus- band died, was the sole beneficiary of her will. Children : I. Edward, baptized November 7, 1619, married, February 10, 1649-50, Kath- erine Baker. 2. George, baptized April 3, 1625, married Katherine 3. Susan, baptized April 1, 1627, married James Pren- tice. 4. William, baptized March 22, 1628-29, married, May 16, 1665, Esther Wiswall. 5. Martha, baptized May 1, 1631, married, March 18, 1649-50, John Amee. 6. Matthew, bap- tized March 30, 1633, married (first) Novem- ber 12, 1656, Hannah Palfrey; (second) Oc- tober 23, 1662, Rebecca Wiswall. 7. John, mentioned below.
(II) John, son of Captain Edward John- son, was born in England and baptized May IO, 1635, in Canterbury, county Kent. He
died in Canterbury, Connecticut. He married, April 26, 1657, Bethia Reed, died about 1718, daughter of William and Mabel Reed. Chil- dren : I. John, born January 24, 1659, mar- ried Mary Carley. 2. Bethia, born January 20, 1660, married (first) Jonathan Knight; (second) - Woolcott. 3. William, born September 29, 1662. 4. Obadiah, born June 15, 1664, mentioned below. 5. Joseph, born about 1666. 6. Samuel, born October 29, 1670. 7. Nathaniel, born May 15, 1673.
(III) Obadiah, son of John Johnson, was born in Woburn, June 15, 1664. He removed to Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1690. Among his children was Obadiah Jr., mentioned be- low.
(IV) Obadiah (2), son of Obadiah (I) Johnson, was born in Canterbury, Connecti- cut, April 10, 1702, and died there April IO, 1765. He married, November 6, 1723, Lydia Bushwell, whose mother, Mary Bushwell, was a member of the Canterbury church. Among their children was Jacob, mentioned below.
(V) Jacob, son of Obadiah (2) Johnson, was born in Canterbury, 1734, and died at Plainfield, Connecticut, 1816. He married Abigail Waldo, of Canterbury. Children : Al- fred, born July 25, 1766; Louise, Jacob, Wal- do, Obadiah, Anson, mentioned below; Eb- enezer, and Mary.
(VI) Anson, son of Jacob Johnson, was born in Plainfield, April, 1778, and died there June 20, 1859. He married Hulda Hunting- ton, born 1784 and died at Belfast, January, 1861. Children, born in Plainfield : Jacob, Susan, Cora, Horatio Huntington, mentioned below.
(VII) Horatio Huntington, son of Anson Johnson, was born at Plainfield, December 10, 1808, and died at Belfast, Maine, March 31, 1885. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of seventeen years he left home and became a clerk in the store of his cousin, Ralph C. Johnson, Bel- fast, Maine. A year later he became a partner under the firm n'ame of R. C. Johnson & Com- pany. After five years in this business he engaged in the dry goods business on his own account under the name of H. H. Johnson. He built up a large and flourishing business, one of the largest dry goods stores in this section, and was in business for a period of sixty consecutive years. He retired a short time before his death. In politics Mr. John- son was originally a Whig, later a Republican, and active in public affairs. He was an alder- man of the city of Belfast, and a member of the governor's council during the administra-
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tion of Governor Crosby for two ycars. He was a prominent member of the Universalist church. He married, December 2, 1841, Ann Frances Lothrop, born at Searsmont, January 3, 1819, daughter of Ansel Lothrop, born September 12, 1783, dicd December 8, 1834, and Lois (Whittier ) Lothrop, born December 2, 1785, died February 19, 1839. Children, born at Belfast: 1. Arabella, September 21, 1842, married Philo Hersey, of Canton, Maine. 2. Horatio H., 1845. 3. Charles Ed- ward, March 8, 1847, mentioned below. 4. Mary Frances, 1858, died July 21, 1906.
(VIII) Charles Edward, son of Horatio Huntington Johnson, was born March 8, 1847. He was educated in the public schools of Bel- fast. He became associated with his father in the dry goods business and was active in its management. Since the death of his father he has been occupied in the care and improvement of real estate and other investments. In poli- tics Mr. Johnson is a Republican. He is a member of Timothy Chase Lodge, No. 126, Free Masons, of Belfast; Corinthian Chapter, No. 7, Royal Arch Masons; King Solomon Council, Royal and Select Masters; Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar. He is an active member of the Universalist church. He married, June, 1874, Maria S. Hodsdon, born at Dexter, Maine, 1843, daughter of Rev. Frederick A. Hodsdon.
BRAZIER The Brazier family of Port- land, Maine, is in all proba- bility a branch of the Brazier family of Boston, Massachusetts. The fact that the two families are related is said to have been demonstrated years ago when lawyers were employed by the Portland Braziers to determine what interest, if any, they had in certain valuable property in Boston. The in- vestigation proved that there were nearer re- latives of the former owner of the property in the vicinity of Boston than those in Port- land were. The earliest mention of members of this family is found in the record of bap- tisms of the First Church of Falmouth (now Portland), Maine. Brazier. Zachary Harri- son, of Bathsheba, 1734; Brazier; A child of Zachary Harrison and Sarah, 1759. The arms of the English Brazier family is: A shield gules, amulets argent, and a bend or. Crest : A white dove, with (green) olive branch in mouth.
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