Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume III, Part 83

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 818


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(V) Lydia, tenth child of William (3) and Susannah (Burge) Chandler, born December 10, 1735, baptized December 14, 1735. She was married December 22, 1757, in Towns- end, to Jonah Crosby, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire. (See Crosby, V).


(II) William (2), second son of William and Annis (Alcock) Chandler, married, Au- gust 18, 1658, Mary Dame, born 1638, in Ipswich, died May 10, 1679, in Andover. She was a daughter of Dr. John Dane ("chirer- gen"), and his first wife, Eleanor (Clark) Dane. Dr. John Dane was a son of John Dane, of Bishop's Stortford, Herts, England, whose second wife was Annis, widow of Will- iam Chandler (1). Dr. John Dane was the author of "A Declaration of Remarkable Providences in the Course of my Life" (re- published in the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" for 1854), in which he declares that he was a "Taylor by trade," when residing near Bishop's Stort- ford, England. William Chandler married (second), October 8, 1679, Bridget (Hinch- man), widow of James Richardson. She died March 6, 1731, aged one hundred years. He was admitted a freeman in 1669. He was a brickmaker in Andover, and kept an inn on the road from Ipswich to Billerica, being li- censed June 17, 1692. He died in 1698, in Andover, and left a large estate. His chil-


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(Iren, all born of first wife, were : Mary, Will- iam, Sarah, Thomas ( died young ), John, Phile- mon, Hannah, Thomas, Joseph ( died young), Phebe, Joseph and Rhoda.


(111) Joseph, youngest son of William (2) and Mary ( Dane) Chandler, born July 17, 1682, in Andover, died April 23, 1734, at the same place, in his fifty-second year. He mar- ried, June 10, 1708, Mehitable Russell, of Andover. She with her husband were received into the church at South Andover, on profes- sion of faith, June 5, 1720, and she remained a member until her death. In his will of December 18, 1733, and which was "proved and approved" May 20, 1734, he mentions his "wife Mehitable," "my Eldest son Thomas," whom he makes sole executor and to have the "Homestead." "Joseph," and "John," "my daughter, Mehitable Crosby," and daughters, "Mary," "Phebe," "Bridget" and "my Young- est Daughter Hannah Chandler," "my Execu- tor, is to provide for her," "my executor" is to provide for his mother and to give her a "Christian burial if she die my widow," but "if she sees reason to marry again my Executor is to be free from what I have or- dered him to do for her." Their children were: Mehitable, Thomas, Mary, Phebe, Joseph, Bridget, John, Infant son (died young ) and Hannah.


(IV) Mehitable, eldest child of Joseph and Mehitable (Russell) Chandler, was born about 1709, in Andover. She married (first), Feb- ruary 7, 1732, Robert Crosby. of Townsend, Massachusetts (see Crosby, IV). At the time of his marriage he was one of the proprietors of North Town (Townsend). She was dis- missed December 7, 1734. from the church in Andover to the church in Townsend. She married (second), November 26, 1745, An- drew Spalding, born December 8, 1701, son of Andrew and grandson of Edward Spalding. He was deacon of the church in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and was one of the grantees of that town. He applied to the general court of Massachusetts for aid for his son-in-law, Joel Crosby, who had been taken captive by the Indians at Half Way brook, near Lake George, June 20, 1758. Her children by Rob- ert Crosby were: Robert, Jonah, Phebe, Joel and Josiah. Children by Andrew Spalding were: Ruth, Solomon, Henry and Abigail.


The first of this name in New LYFORD England was Rev. John Ly- ford, a minister of the Estab- lished Church of England, who was sent to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the spring of


1624 by the English proprietors, probably for the purpose of counteracting as far as possible among the colonists the religious teachings of their non-conformist spiritual leaders. His mission to Plymouth proved futile, however, and upon his expulsion from the colony, in the summer of 1624, he went to Nantasket, where he became intimately associated with Roger Conant, whom he accompanied to Cape Ann and later to Naumkeag (Salem). From the latter place he went to Virginia, where he died. He left at least one son, "Morde- cay," whose name appears in the records of Suffolk deeds in 1642, but whether or not the Rev. John was the ancestor of the Francis Lyford, about to be mentioned, is purely a matter of conjecture.


(I) Francis Lyford, place and date of birth unknown, was a resident of Boston in 1667 and for several years afterward, as is shown in Suffolk deeds of that period, in which his name appears as a party to various real es- tate transactions. In or prior to 1680 he re- moved to Exeter, New Hampshire, and in the records of both places he is referred to as a mariner. For a number of years he was master of a sloop engaged in transporting lum- ber and other merchandise to and from Boston to the Piscataqua, and on one occasion he was sent to Saco, Maine, to rescue and bring to Portsmouth the inhabitants of that town who were exposed to the ravages of the In- dians. In a list of persons who had been granted land in Exeter prior to March 28, 1698, his name appears as having received two hundred acres, and he also acquired consid- erable real estate by purchase. He was a se- lectman in Exeter for the years 1689-90. In King William's war he served as a soldier from February 6 to March 5, 1696. In 1709 he was chosen constable, but the general as- sembly, acting upon information to the effect that he was incapacitated for service by physi- cal disability, ordered the selectmen of Exeter to appoint another in his place. In a deed recorded in 1715 he is designated as a weaver. His will was made December 17, 1723, and proved September 2, 1724, showing that his death must have occurred sometime between these dates. In June, 1671, he was married in Boston to Elizabeth Smith, born November 6, 1646, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith. His second wife, whom he married in Exeter, November 12, 1681, was Rebecca Dudley, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley and granddaughter of Governor Thomas Dudley. His children were: I. Thomas, born in Bos- ton, March 25, 1672. 2. Elizabeth, born in


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Boston, July 19. 1673, united with the Old South Church, October 7, 1696; died single. 3. Francis, born in Boston, May 31, 1677 ; all of his first union. 4. Stephen, see forward. 5. Ann, who became the wife of Timothy Leavitt, son of Moses Sr. and Dorothy (Dud- ley) Leavitt, of Exeter. 6. Deborah, who became the wife of Follett. 7. Re- becca, who married Hardie (Hardy). 8. Sarah, who became the wife of John Foul- sham (Folsom), son of John and grandson of John and Mary (Gilman) Foulsham. 9. Mary, who married Hall. All were born in Exeter, but the record at hand fails to give dates of their birth.


(II) Stephen, son of Francis and Rebecca (Dudley) Lyford, resided in Exeter, and in a list of grantees of land dated April 12, 1725, is mentioned as having received one hundred acres. In 1734 he served as a selectman. · He died in Exeter, December 20, 1774, and among the items of his estate, which was valued at fifteen hundred and seventy-five pounds, ten shillings and nine pence, was a negro woman "Syl," and a negro girl "Nants." He was married in Exeter to Sarah, daughter of Moses and Dorothy (Dudley ) Leavitt. Moses Leavitt, born August 22, 1650, was a son of John Leavitt, and Dorothy, his wife, was a daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley, the latter a son of Governor Thomas Dudley. Sarah (Leavitt) Lyford died October 13, 1781. She was the mother of seven children: I. Biley, born in 1716: see sketch on following page. 2. Stephen, born in Newmarket, New Hamp- shire, April 12, 1723, was a revolutionary soldier, serving in Colonel Nicholas Gilman's regiment, New Hampshire militia, in 1777, and in September of that year was at Saratoga with Captain Porter Kimball's company of Colonel Stephen Evan's regiment. 3. Moses. 4. Samuel, died February 8, 1788. 5. Francis. 6. Theophilus. 7. Betsey (Elizabeth), who became the wife of Joshua Wiggin, of Strat- ham, New Hampshire.


(III) Moses, son of Stephen Lyford, was a tailor by trade and resided for many years in Brentwood, New Hampshire. He died in Exeter, April 13, 1799. He married, Septem- ber 22, 1748, Mehitable Smith, daughter of Oliver Smith, of Exeter. In a deed recorded in the Exeter probate records Oliver Smith, of Exeter, Gent., conveys to Moses Lyford, son- in-law, and Mehitable, his wife, four acres of land in Brentwood. Mehitable died some time between July 15, 1803, and December 4, 1806. They were the parents of ten children: I. Dudley, born July 28, 1749. 2. Francis, bap-


tized May 12, 1751, died young. 3. Oliver


Smith, see succeeding paragraph. 4. Mehit- able, born October 29, 1755, became the wife of Swain. 5. Jonathan, born January 24, 1758. 6. Nathaniel Lad (Ladd), born January 26, 1762. 7. Sarah, born April 5, 1764, became the wife of Merrill. 8. Francis, born April 12, 1766. 9. Elizabeth (Betty), born in 1768, was married in 1781 to Abraham Sanborn, born October 4, 1766, died December 21, 1845; Elizabeth died April 20, 1819. 10. Dorothy (Dolly), date of birth not at hand; became the wife of - - Bean.


(IV) Oliver Smith, son of Moses Lyford, was born (presumably) in Brentwood, Au- gust 24, 1753. He served in the war for na- tional independence and his military record, contained in the New Hampshire State Pa- pers, vol. xiv, is as follows: "In Capt. Daniel Moore's company, Col. Stark's regiment, from August I to October 17, 1775, and in Capt. Wilson Harper's Company, Col. Isaac Wy- man's regiment, for Canada, mustered July 16, 1766." His death occurred in 1788. In 1780 he married Elizabeth Johnson, born May 26, 1761, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Ann (Lane) Johnson, of Brentwood and Hamp- ton. She was a sister of Mary Johnson, who became the wife of Nathaniel Lad (Ladd) Lyford, previously mentioned. In the will of Mehitable (Smith) Lyford, widow of Moses Lyford, the following children are mentioned as being those of her son, Oliver Smith Ly- ford: I. Dudley, born in Brentwood, Feb- ruary 18, 1781. 2. Anne (Nancy), born in 1783, married David Philbrock, by whom she had eight sons and two daughters. 3. Mehit- able, who in 1804 became the wife of Samuel Blake, born at Epping, New Hampshire, in January, 1779 (died in January, 1838. at Au- gusta, Maine). He was a son of Robert and Martha (Dudley) Blake, of Epping, and a grandson of Jedediah Blake. 4. Charlotte, born May 4, 1788, died January 19, 1831. In November, 1807, she became the wife of John Stevens (born in 1788; died in 1857). Their son, Hon. John Leavitt Stevens, who was born in Mt. Vernon, Maine, 1820, and died at Augusta in 1895, was United States minister to Hawaii. The latter married, May 10, 1848, Mary Lowell Smith, of Hallowell, Maine.


(V) Dudley, only son of Oliver Smith and Elizabeth (Johnson) Lyford, was born Feb- ruary 18, 1781, in Brentwood, New Hamp- shire, and settled in Mt. Vernon, Maine, in 1804-05. When fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to a carpenter and became master of the trade, but cleared up a farm in


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Mt. Vernon and made all the woodwork of his house, furniture and agricultural tools. He continued to reside in Mt. Vernon until his death in December, 1856. He was deacon of the Baptist church and a very decided Whig in political sentiment. About 1803 he mar- ried Elizabeth ( Betsey), daughter of Esquire Jabez Smith, of Brentwood, and very soon thereafter settled in Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Lyford was born July 25, 1786, in Brentwood, and was the mother of eleven children, namely : I. Sophronia S., became the wife of William Coggswell and died in Mt. Vernon. 2. Eben S. 3. Aaron S., who was selectman, town clerk and representative, and died in Mt. Ver- non. 4. Betsey. 5. Fanny, who became the wife of Louis Bradley, and died in Spring- field, Massachusetts. 6. Moses, for thirty years a teacher in Colby College; died at Springfield. 7 and 8. Daniel S. and Samuel T., both died at the age of nineteen years. 9. Oliver Smith, mentioned below. IO. Fran- cis, who died at Mt. Vernon. II. Dudley A., who died in California in 1857.


(VI) Oliver Smith (2), ninth child of Dudley and Elizabeth (Betsey) (Smith) Ly- ford, was born June 19, 1823, in Mt. Vernon, and grew up there upon the paternal farm. His education was completed by twelve weeks' attendance at the village high school, and in 1846 he entered the services of the Boston & Lowell railroad as watchman and assistant baggageman. In October of that year he be- came ticket agent and remained in the service of that company until February, 1851, in that capacity and extra passenger conductor. In November of the last-named year he became clerk of the Erie railroad at Dunkirk, New York, and so continued until October, 1855, when he became passenger conductor on the same road. From October, 1860, to Novem- ber, 1863, he was station agent of the Erie and Atlantic and Great Western roads at Sal- amanca, New York. In April, 1869, he became division superintendent of the Great Western and so continued until November, 1871, when he became assistant general superintendent of the same road. From the last named date until July, 1872, he was division superinten- dent of the Buffalo and Rochester division of the Erie railroad. For about sixteen months thereafter, he was general superintendent of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, and from December, 1874, until Novem- ber, 1876, was general superintendent of the Kansas Pacific. From January 1, 1878, to February, 1886, he was superintendent of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad, and


for the succeeding year and a half was general manager of that line and continued in that capacity with the additional duties of vice- president from November, 1887, to February, 1890. Since that time, on account of advanc- ing years, he has resigned the position of gen- eral manager, but has continued to serve as vice-president. The long service of Mr. Ly- ford through various promotions in railroad operations testifies to his ability as a railroad operator and his character as a man. He is a member of the New England Society of Chi- cago, and since 1850, when he united with the First Baptist Church of Lowell, has been iden- tified with that sect. While an active sup- porter of Republican principles, he has taken no active part in political action other than to cast his vote with regularity. He mar- ried, September 27, 1852, Lavinia A. Norris, daughter of Grafton and Mary (Stevens) Norris. After the death of Grafton Norris, his widow became the wife of Jabez S. Thyng. The family was located in Livermore, Maine. The children of Oliver S. and Lavinia A. Ly- ford were: I. Frank Emilus, who died at the age of eighteen months. 2. Fannie, wife of J. W. Griffith, resided in Omaha. 3. Will H., mentioned below. 4. Harry B., connected with the great hardware house of Hibbard, Spencer and Bartlett, in Chicago. 5. Charles W., who died at the age of three years. 6. Oliver S. Jr., a resident of New York City.


(VII) Will H., eldest surviving son of Oliver Smith (2) and Lavinia A. (Norris) Lyford, was born September 15, 1858, in Waterville, Maine, and received his educa- tion in the public schools and .Colby College, Maine, from which he was graduated in 1879. He pursued the study of law in the law de- partment of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1886. Two years later he be- came the head of the law department, and still remains general counsel of the same company. Having thoroughly prepared himself for his profession, he has been an active and success- ful attorney in his adopted city where he still resides. He is an earnest Republican in po- litical sentiment and is a member of the Chi- cago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Mid- Day, University, and South Shore Country clubs of Chicago. He is also a member of the Chicago Bar Association and of the Manhat- tan, Lawyers, and Railroad clubs in New York. In religious sentiment he is a Baptist, while his family is identified with the Episcopal church. He married, April 28, 1886, at Ne- braska City, Nebraska, Mary Lee Mac Comas,


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of that place, a daughter of Rufus French and Elizabeth (Simpson) Mac Comas, of Chicago. They are the parents of two children : Gertrude Wells and Calhoun Lyford.


(For preceding generations see Francis Lyford I.) (III) Biley, son of Stephen LYFORD Lyford, was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1716, and died at Brentwood, February 10, 1792. He was in the revolution in Colonel Nicholas Gil- man's regiment of militia, September 12, 1777, and in Captain Porter Kimball's company, Col- onel Stephen Evans' regiment at Saratoga in September, 1777. In his will he says: "My will is that my two negroes shall live with any of my children they see fit or otherwise to have their freedom as they choose." He also leaves Molly and Judith each one hundred Spanish milled dollars. His estate was valued at one thousand, eighteen hundred and twenty- five pounds, seven shillings and five pence. He married, August 25, 1743, Judith Wilson, born February 18, 1717, died 1789, daughter of Thomas Wilson. Children: I. Rebecca, born July 26, 1744, died April 10, 1782; married Samuel Dudley. 2. Dorothy, born September 5, 1746, married, January 10, 1765, James Robinson. 3. Alice, baptized June 26, 1748, died July 3, 1748. 4. Mary, born August 10, 1749. 5. Alice (Elsey), born April 19, 1751, married John Sanborn. 6. Anne, born July 13, 1753, married Bartholomew Thyng. 7. Biley Dudley, born October 19, 1755, men- tioned below. 8. Sarah, born February 22, 1757, died August 2, 1810; married Enos San- born. 9. Judith, born March 29, 1760. 10. John, born August 12, 1762, died January 16, 1812; married, November 20, 1786, Lois Smith.


(IV) Biley Dudley, son of Biley Lyford, was born October 19, 1755, died April 16, 1830, at Fremont, New Hampshire. He mar- ried (first) Mary Robinson; (second) Dor- othy Blake, born April 4, 1770, died April 9, 1835. Child of first wife: John, born Janu- ary I, 1782, mentioned below. Children of second wife : I. Dudley, born October 14, 1793. 2. James, February 25, 1795. 3. Eze- kiel, November 24, 1796, died March 3, 1814. 4. Mary, September 27, 1798, died December 5, 1887. 5. Epaphras Kibby, July 21, 1800. 6. Henry, July 31, 1803. 7. Dorothy, June 6, 1810, died January 14, 1895; married (first) Johnson; (second) Lyman Worthen. 8. Washington, March 10, 1805.


(V) John, son of Biley Dudley Lyford, was born January I, 1782, died at St. Albans,


Maine, January I, 1854. He married (first) Marian Rowe, of Brentwood, New Hamp- shire. Married (second) March 2, 1817, Abi- gail Fogg Baine (or Bean), a widow of Will- iam Baine. She was born June 10, 1792, at Raymond, New Hampshire, died December 20, 1878, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Lane) Fogg. Children of first wife: I. Biley, born at St. Albans, January 22, 1805. 2. Mary, St. Albans, November 30, 1807, married Snow. 3. Albert, St. Albans, June 26, 1810. 4. Dolly, Brentwood, New Hampshire, Janu- ary 16, 1812, died October 10, 1850; married, March 30, 1823, Thomas Boynton Tenney. Children of second wife: 5. John Fogg, Feb- ruary 17, 1818, mentioned below. 6. James Robinson, April 10, 1819, married, January 8, 1861, Mary Elizabeth Ellis. 7. William King, August 13, 1820, died January 12, 1836. 8. Maria Rowe, November 13, 1821, died June 21, 1840. 9. Pamelia, January 5, 1823, died August 9, 1848; married, 1841, Enoch W. Rollins. 10. Sullivan, May 25, 1824, died No- vember 14, 1863. II. Abigail, December 27, 1825, died December 26, 1848; married Bates. 12. Frances H., July 7, 1828, died September 28, 1851 ; married Given. 13. Samuel Fogg, May 15, 1830. 14. Lois Ann, February 5, 1832, married L. E. Judkins. 15. Sarah W., July 4, 1836, died October 26, I86I.


(VI) John Fogg, son of John Lyford, was born February 17, 1818, at St. Albans, Maine. He was brought up on his father's farm, and after he grew to manhood, bought the home- stead of his father. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. In addition to farming he engaged extensively in lumber- ing. In 1901 he sold his farm and retired from active business, and since then he has been living with his daughter at Pittsfield, Maine. He is a Republican in politics ; was for some years on the board of selectmen, was collector of taxes and held various other town offices. He married, February 8, 1844, Fannie Bean Rowe, born at St. Albans, Maine, Au- gust 6, 1819, died November 22, 1896, daugh- ter of David and Betsey (McClure) Rowe, of Newmarket, New Hampshire. Children: I. Franklin Orestes, born January 21, 1847, men- tioned below. 2. Horace Kibby. June 17, 1848, married (first) August 30, 1870, Sophia Stinchfield ; (second) November 27, 1876, Clara Ann Stinchfield ; he now resides at Man- ly, Iowa. 3. Vesta Lizzie, January 31, 1852, lives with her father at Pittsfield.


(VII) Franklin Orestes, M. D., son of John Fogg Lyford, was born in St. Albans, Maine,


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January 21, 1847. He was educated in the public schools of that town, at Corinna Acad- emy, at Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalborough, and at Ilahnemann Medical College, Phila- delphia, where he was graduated with the de- gree of M. D., March 8, 1877. He began to practice his profession at Farmington, March 31, 1877, and has continued in that city for thirty-one consecutive years. He has an ex- tensive practice and stands high in his pro- fession. He is a Republican in politics; has been supervisor of schools in Farmington for fourteen years and a member of the board of health for seventeen years. He is a prominent Mason, a member of Maine Lodge, No. 20, of Farmington ; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Jephtha Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, of Farmington ; of Maine Consistory, Scottish Rite Masonry, Portland; a thirty-sec- ond degree Mason. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias of Farmington. He is a Congregationalist. He married, January 22, 1873, Ellen S. Skinner, born in St. Albans, Maine, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Olive (Hackett) Skinner, of St. Albans. Their only child, Earle Howard, is mentioned below.


(VIII) Earle Howard, son of Dr. Franklin O. Lyford, was born at St. Albans, December 22, 1873. He was educated in the public schools of Farmington and in Bowdoin College, where he graduated in the class of 1896. He attended the Boston School of Pharmacy and received his degree in 1901. He is at present in business as a druggist at Berlin, New Hampshire, a partner in the firm of Lyford & Currier, established in 1902. He is a member of Maine Lodge of Free Masons, No. 20, of Farmington ; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Jephtha Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, of Farmington, and of the Scottish Rite degree, Concord, New Hampshire. He belongs to the Odd Fellows of Farmington and the Independent Order of Red Men, Lew- iston, Maine. He is a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion. He mar- ried, April 7, 1908, Cora S. Burleigh, daughter of Gilman Burleigh, of Vassalborough, now of North Carolina.


DILLINGHAM The Dillingham family is an old one in England, was early transplanted to New England and has been prominent for several generations in the history of Maine. It has sent out from that state many worthy


sons who have made their mark in the various professions and callings of life.


(I) Edward Dillingham, the American pro- genitor, came from Bitteswell, in Leicester- shire, England, to Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1630. In 1637 he was one of ten residents of that town to receive a grant of land from the general court. This land was located in Sand- wich and the pioneer ten were soon joined by many others from Lynn, Duxbury and Ply- mouth. Edward Dillingham was appointed, April 16, 1641, to divide the meadow land in Sandwich, of which eight acres were awarded to him. On September 27, of the following year, he was chosen deputy from Sandwich to the general court at Plymouth, and in the fol- lowing year was on the list of those liable to bear arms in Sandwich. In 1647-48, he was one of the three who made inventory of the property of James Holloway and George Knot. He was appointed an associate of Richard Bourne, January 26, 1654, to act in behalf of the town in a contract with Thomas Dexter for building a mill. At the same time he was appointed on a committee to frame a petition to the general court for a grant and assistance in the purchase of Mohamet. On May 18, of the succeeding year, Edward Dillingham and Thomas Dexter were appointed to make a rate which would suffice to bring the town out of debt. He was one of those who signed an invitation to a clergyman to settle at Sand- wich, and in° 1658 he was a member of a committee to determine the true boundary of the land of every inhabitant in Sandwich. In that year he was sued by an Indian because of damage to the latter's corn, by Dillingham's




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