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(VI) Jeremiah, son of Jedediah Low, born in Sanford, Maine, 1779, died in Shapleigh, 1861. He married Abigail Ham, by whom he had eleven children, and after her death mar- ried Patience Abbott, of Ossipee, New Hamp- shire. Children of Jeremiah and his wife Abigail: I. Thomas, died in 1819, aged nine- teen years. 2. Sarah Ann, married Thomas Ricker. 3. Hannah, born March 5, 1805, mar- ried Simon Wilson ; she died February 1, 1882. 4. Betsey, born September 1, 1807, married Oliver Trafton; died August 15, 1882. 5. Samuel, born 1809, married Lydia Rhodes. 6. Darling, born 1812, married Phebe Rhodes (sister to Lydia) ; died October 4, 1874. 7. Eunice, born 1815, married James Nason ; died June 1, 1890. 8. Asa, born 1818, married Mary Getchell ; resided in Springvale, a prom- inent citizen and lawyer. 9. Thomas, born 1820, mentioned below. 10. Albion, married Elizabeth Southwick. 11. Mary, married Dan- iel Brown for her first husband and Henry Wiggins for her second, both of Danvers, Massachusetts. Of these children Thomas, Hannah, Betsey remained in Shapleigh ; Eunice settled in Alfred; Sarah in Waterboro; Asa in Springvale, Maine; Samuel, Darling, Albion and Mary settled in Danvers, and are buried there, as is Betsey, who went to Danvers many years afterwards.
(VII) Thomas, son of Jeremiah Low, born in Shapleigh, 1820, died in 1875. He mar- ried, 1847, Clara, born in Shapleigh, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Trafton) Staples. Thomas Low was educated in the public schools of his native town, and worked on his father's farm during his minority, continuing afterward at farming in his native town all his life and on the same farm. He was a prominent citizen. He was for many years on the board of selectmen of the town. In politics he was a Republican of much influence and high standing. He was a member of the Baptist church of Shapleigh. Children : I. Abbie C., born November 26, 1858, married Moses Morrison, of Springvale. 2. Jerry Al- bion, born February 28, 1862, mentioned be-
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low. 3. Lilla, born June 22, 1865, married Walter Russell, of Alfred, Maine. 4. Leslie T., born January 15, 1867, married Eldora Hanscome, of Lebanon, Maine; he is a shoe- maker, residing at Whitman, Massachusetts.
(VIII) Jerry Albion, son of Thomas Low, was born in Shapleigh, February 28, 1862. He worked on his father's farm from an early age until after he came of age. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Shapleigh. In 1887 he removed to Sanford and entered the employ of the Sanford Plush Manufacturing Company in the finishing department, and ten years later, in 1897, was placed in charge of the plush-finishing department as overseer, and has held that postion to the present time. He is a Republican ; was a selectman in 1894-95 and again in 1906-07-08, when he was chair- man of the board. He has been a director of the Sanford Building and Loan Association since 1893 ; director of the Sanford Co-opera- tive Association since its organization in 1900. He is a member of Friendship Lodge of Odd Fellows of Springvale; Morah Encampment of Sanford; and Riverside Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Sanford. He attends the Baptist church with his family. Mr. Low is interested in all movements for the public welfare and the improvement of the town in which he lives. He is highly esteemed by his townsmen and a citizen of much influence for good in the community. He married, January 11, 1887, Lavinia, born May 10, 1862, daughter of Ste- phen P. and Phebe Jane Ham, of Shapleigh. Children : 1. Elmer L., born June 7, 1890. 2. Llewellyn J., April 29, 1902. 3. Thomas M., June 10, 1904.
LOW The family here under considera- tion is of Danish extraction, mem- bers thereof being men of character and action in all that have contributed to the welfare of the communities in which they lo- cated. The race is an energetic one, and its members inclined rather to active than se- dentary employment. They are self-reliant and accumulate above the average amount of substance, this being particularly true of the present representative of the family, Frank M. Low, one of the leading young business men of Portland, whose success is attributable to executive ability, business acumen and strict integrity.
John William Low, the first of the family to come to the United States, was born in Copen- hagen, Denmark, in 1824, son of Balthazar and Elizabeth Dorthea Maria Low. He was left an orphan at the age of six years. He ob-
tained his education in the schools of his native land, and at the age of twenty, being ambitious and energetic, he left his home for the new world, he having decided that the prospects for advancement there were better than in the old. After engaging in many busi- ness ventures in the south and middle west, he finally settled in Portland, Maine, at about the age of thirty, and there established a cloth- ing store, on a small scale, which line of busi- ness he followed throughout the remaining years of his life. He was one of the first Dan- ish settlers in the city of Portland. Before coming to Portland, in the fall of 1845, he shipped at Norfolk, Virginia, as hailing from Pennsylvania, as a seaman aboard the "Cy- ane," a sloop of war belonging to the United States navy, and served three years and three months, or through the Mexican war. He was made a citizen of the United States in New York City, October 12, 1852, under the name of William Low. Changed or reaf- firmed it in Portland, November 25, 1891, as John William Low. He was made a Mason in Navigator Lodge, No. 232, New York City, May 22, 1851. He married Jensine An- toinette Ibsen, born in Denmark, December 19, 1830, died September 16, 1907. Children who grew to maturity are: John, Soren Frederick, George B., Emma M., William Adolph, Frank Mathias, see forward. John W. Low died in Portland, February 13, 1904.
Frank Mathias, eighth son and youngest child of John William and Jensine Antoinette (Ibsen) Low, was born in Portland, December 18, 1872. He attended public schools until fifteen years of age, and then entered the em- ploy of a local clothing firm to obtain a knowl- edge of that business, serving between two and three years. In 1890, in partnership with an older brother, they established a clothing business, which was the foundation for the present extensive and profitable business known as Frank M. Low & Company, prob- ably the largest of its kind in the state of Maine. The partnership above referred to was dissolved in 1895, since which time it has been conducted by Frank M., under whose competent management and administration it has increased to such large proportions ; the stock consists of a full line of all that is worn by men and boys, of different grades of qual- ity to suit the requirement of all classes, and is known as "The House of High Grade Clothing." His successful career as a mer- chant has won for him the confidence of his fellow citizens, and he was chosen as a direc- tor of the Fidelity Trust Company at its in-
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corporation, serving at the present time, and also as director of the Portland Board of Trade. In Free Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree, and is a member of the following named organizations : Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 17, Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter, Portland Council, Royal and Select Masters, St. Alban Commandery, Knights Templar, the Scottish Rite, and Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also holds membership in the following clubs: Portland, Athletic, Yacht and Country. He takes an active part in the politics of his native city, giving his al- legiance to the Republican party, and his in- fluence is always felt on the side of all that pertains to the welfare and advancement of the varied interests of Portland. Mr. Low married, in Portland, July 31, 1899, Anna Louise, born May 20, 1876, daughter of Mel- ville C. and Abigail Maria Hutchinson, of Portland. Children : Frank Mathias Jr., born 1900. John Hutchinson, 1902.
LOWE Robert Low was born October 30, 1759, died in North Livermore, Maine, January 10, 1849. He was a Baptist preacher, lived in Waterville, Maine, where his children were born, and from 1821 to 1838 was a trustee of Waterville College, Waterville, subsequently known as Colby Uni- versity. He married, December 9, 1779. Ju- dith Elwell, born March 23. 1759, died in East Livermore, Maine, January 26, 1839. Robert and Judith ( Elwell) Low had nine children born as follows: I. Robert, March I, 1781. 2. Samuel, November 20, 1782. 3. David (q. v.), December 23, 1784. 4. Moses, March 3, 1788. 5. Sally. December 31, 1789. 6. Mary, November 7, 1791. 7. Betsey, Septem- ber 20, 1793. 8. Sylvania, October 26, 1796. 9. John, November 17, 1799.
(II) David, third son of Robert and Judith (Elwell) Low, was born in Waterville, Maine, December 23, 1784. He was married to Han- nah Sweetser, by whom he had three chil- dren : William Granville (q. v.), Josephine, Laura. He married as his second wife
Matthews, by whom he had two children : Ed- win and David.
(III) William Granville, first child and only son of David and Hannah (Sweetser ) Low, was born in Waterville, Maine. His children changed the spelling of the name from Low to Lowe. He was married to Susan Moor, born in St. Albans, Maine, and he was a farmer and carpenter in Levant, Maine.
(IV) Perley, son of William Granville and Susan ( Moor) Low, was born in Levant, Maine, November 6, 1845. He was brought up on his father's farm and attended the dis- trict schools. He enlisted in the Union army in 1864, and was in the First District of Co- lumbia Cavalry and later in First Maine Cav- alry (Army of the Potomac), Major-General George Crooks; Third Brigade, Colonel Charles H, Smith, his regiment being under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan P. Cilley and holding the right of the brigade in the Appomattox campaign, the cavalry be- ing in command of Major-General Philip Sheridan. On returning home at the close of the war, he taught school in Maine, and in 1867 removed to Chicago, where he worked in lumber yards, which employment led to his becoming a member of the firm of Thomp- son Brothers & Lowe, lumber dealers, in 1885. The firm became Kelley, Lowe & Company in 1889 and Perley Lowe & Company from 1893, his partner being William Templeton. He was a member of the Lumberman's Ex- change of which he was a director, vice-presi- dent in 1885 and president in 1886. The of- fices of Perley Lowe & Company are at 1603 Railway Exchange, Chicago, Illinois, and their principal mills at Peshtigo, Wisconsin. He is president of Mississippi Lumber Company. He had been all his life an active layman of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in Chi- cago became especially interested in the Hal- stead Street Mission. He served as a lay del- egate from the Rock River conference to the general conference at Los Angeles, California, in 1904. He was made president of Wesley Hospital, Chicago, and a trustee of the North- western University, Evanston, Illinois. His club affiliations included the Westward Ho! Club of Chicago. Chicago Golf Club and Union League. He was married in 1875 to Eliza, daughter of William and Annie Tem- pleton, of Glasgow, Scotland, and their chil- dren are: Agnes S., Ella E., Annie E. and Grace J. His home is on Washington Boule- vard, Chicago.
ELWELL Among the earliest records of Massachusetts is to be found the name of Elwell, and it has ever stood for integrity, honesty and stead- fastness of purpose. This family furnished soldiers at the time of the revolution, and its members, in times of peace, have done their part as citizens of colony and state.
(I) The name of Robert Elwell appears in the colony records of Gloucester, Massachu-
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setts, in 1635, when he appeared as witness concerning the "outrageous conduct" of one Thomas Wannerton. No documentary evi- dence has been discovered to show his family connections, his social standing or even his nationality. He was admitted as a freeman in 1640, was a member of Salem church in 1643, and was several times made selectman, the first time in 1649. There is a record of his buying land in 1642, and by further purchases, in addition to grants from the town, he became possessed of several lots, among which was a neck of land consisting of about thirty acres, on the southeast side of the Harbor, known as "Stage Neck." His first residence was at the Harbor, but as most of his land was situ- ated at the Eastern Point, it is supposed he afterwards settled there. The term goodman was often given to him and he was worthy of this name in the best sense of the word. He died in 1683, leaving an estate worth two hundred pounds. His first wife, Joane, died in 1675; in 1676 he married Alice Leach, a widow, who survived him. His children were : Samuel, a second child (name unknown) who died young, John, Isaac, Josiah, Joseph, Sara (born and died in 1651), Sarah, Thomas, Ja- cob, Richard and Mary.
(II) Samuel, the eldest son of Robert El- well, was born in 1635-36 and died about 1697. He married Esther Dutch, who sur- vived him, and after his death is described as a "poor distressed widow," in consequence of sickness and poverty ; she died in 1721, aged about eighty-two years. Their children were : Samuel, Jacob, Robert, Esther, Sarah, Eben- ezer, Hannah, Elizabeth and Thomas.
(III) Robert (2), son of Samuel and Esther (Dutch) Elwell, removed to Maine, and thereupon sold his property and rights in Gloucester to some of his children. He mar- ried, October 12, 1687, Sarah, daughter of James Gardner, and their children were : Robert, Sarah (died young), Hannah, Samuel, Benjamin, Sarah, Joseph, John and Jemimah.
(IV) Joseph, fourth son of Robert (2) and Sarah (Gardner) Elwell, was born August II, 1705, in Gloucester, and died at Biddeford, Maine. His wife's name and the number of his children is not known.
(V) Benjamin, son of Joseph Elwell, was born November 10, 1733, at Biddeford, Maine, and died July 4, 1801, at Buxton, Maine. With his eldest son John he enlisted in Captain Daniel Lane's company in the revolutionary war. He married, January 22, 1761, Abigail Ingraham. Record is found of only two of
their children, John, mentioned above, and Theodore.
(VI) Theodore, son of Benjamin and Abi- gail (Ingraham) Elwell, was born September 2, 1786, at Saco, Maine, and died June 10, 1843, at Buxton, Maine. He married Anna Harmon.
(VII) Nathaniel H., son of Theodore and Anna (Harmon) Elwell, was born May 23, 1820, at Buxton, Maine. He married Martha P. Harmon.
(VIII) Edward Harmon, son of Nathaniel H. and Martha P. (Harmon) Elwell, was born November 9, 1845, at Buxton, Maine. He received his education in the public schools and academy of his native town, and prepared for college, though he did not enter. He has been for more than twenty-five years con- nected with the Michigan Mutual Life Insur- ance Company, being one of the directors of that company, and manager of the northwest- ern department of said company. He has been a resident of Chicago, Illinois, since 1885, and is one of that city's representative business men. Mr. Elwell belongs to the Union League Club and South Shore Country Club, and is a member of the order of Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons. He married, February I, 1882, Nettie L., daughter of George and Mary F. (Lunt) Tuttle (see Tuttle, VIII). They had two children : I. Russel Tuttle, born Oc- tober 20. 1887, prepared for college at the Culver Military Academy; entered Chicago University 1906, will graduate 1910; while at Culver graduated as commissioned officer and stood high in his rank. 2. Grace Edna, born October 13, 1889, prepared for college at the Stevan School for Girls, and in 1908 entered Wellesley College.
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TUTTLE mon in England for several hundred years before first heard of in America, and is generally supposed to come from the name of a place, "Toot-hill." The family here described is of Welsh origin, and is first heard of in New Hampshire, re- maining there for several generations.
(I) John Tuttle was in Dover, New Hamp- shire, in 1640, his name appearing among the citizens who protest against the project of Underhill to place Dover under the jurisdic- tion of Massachusetts. He died in 1663, leav- ing a widow, Dorothy, and three children. One child was Elizabeth, who married Captain Philip Cromwell, and another was John.
(II) John (2), son of John (I) and Dor-
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othy Tuttle, won distinction in civil and mili- tary affairs. He filled every public office with- in the gift of the citizens of Dover, and in 1695 was by appointment judge of their maj- esties' court of common pleas under the ad- ministration of Lieutenant-Governor Usher. He hield the office of selectman, town clerk and town treasurer. He was a member of the as- sembly, and was one of the six commissioners sent from Dover to the convention of 1689. He died in 1720. His wife's name was Mary.
(III) John (3), second son of John (2) and Mary Tuttle, was born in 1671, and was killed by Indians, May 17, 1712. He was known as "Ensign" Tuttle. He married Ju- dith, daughter of Richard and Rose (Stough- ton) Otis. She and her brother, Sir Nicholas Stoughton, were the only children of Anthony Stoughton, of Stoughton in Surrey, England.
(IV) Thomas, fourth son of John (3) and Judith (Otis) Tuttle, was born March 15, 1699, and died about 1772. He married Mary Brackett, and they had eleven children. She died February 28, 1773. They were members of the Society of Friends, and most of their descendants are of that faith.
(V) Reuben, son of Thomas and Mary ( Brackett) Tuttle, was born March 26, 1737. He settled in Barrington, New Hampshire, and in 1785 removed to Durham, Maine, where he died in 1814. He married, May 26, 1762, Elizabeth, daughter of Tobias and Ju- dith (Varney) Hanson, and they had eight children. born at Barrington, New Hampshire. In revolutionary times he, being a blacksmith as well as a farmer, was often called upon by the patriots of New Hampshire to use his skill to repair the locks of their muskets, to fit their bayonets, and to make them swords, and this was in direct oppostion to his convictions against war, as he was a Quaker. He was so annoyed by their demands that he sold out such of his possessions as he could not very well move, and with his family left on a coaster, from which they disembarked at Mast Landing. In 1785 he removed to Durham, Maine. His wife died January 28, 1828. Their children were: Elisha, Judith and six others.
(VI) Elisha, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Hanson) Tuttle, was born September 27, 1767, and died December 21, 1854. He mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Caleb and Lydia (Bishop) Estes, who was born March 4, 1772, and they had nine children. She died January 15, 1857. Their children were: Lydia, To- bias, Esther, Thomas, Judith, Philena, Pa- tience, Sarah and Elias.
(VII) Thomas (2), son of Elisha and Sarah (Estes) Tuttle, married Lydia, daugh- ter of Caleb Jones, of Brunswick, Maine, and they had four children.
(VIII) George, the eldest son of Thomas (2) and Lydia (Jones) Tuttle, was born Sep- tember 18, 1823. He married Mary F. Lunt, born February 22, 1828, and they had seven children, as follows: I. May Etta, born in 1858, died March 13, 1866. 2. Nettie L., married Edward H. Elwell, February 1, 1882. (See Elwell, VIII.) 3. Thomas E. 4. Sarah J., born October 24, 1862, married Captain M. D. Sprague; she died in 1888. 5. John H., born August 20, 1863, married Flora E. Jew- ett. 6. Harry W., born April 15, 1866, died in 1888, unmarried. 7. Fannie M., born Oc- tober 20, 1870, married Edward H. Jenkins.
CHASE It is claimed that all of the older families of this name in New England are descended from Aquila Chase, one of the early settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts, and among the founders of Hampton, New Hampshire. Many prominent citizens in various parts of the nation have borne this name.
(I) Jacob B., son of James Chase, was born August 27, 1829. He resided in New- buryport, Massachusetts, where he was en- gaged as ship master. He married Hannah J. Thurlow, who was born in Newburyport, daughter of James Thurlow, of Newburyport. They had seven children : I. Joseph. 2. Hannah, married John H. Bean, and has three children : Fred, Lillian and Alcena. 3. Jacob, married Myra Southwick, and they are the parents of four children. 4. Sarah, married John Bray and has three children: Grace, Edward and Joseph. 5. George W., men- tioned below. 6. Grace E., married Allan Mckenzie and has one child, Harold. 7. William.
(II) Dr. George Washington, third son of Jacob B. and Hannah J. (Thurlow) Chase, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Au- gust 25, 1857. He was educated in the public schools, and in 1880 entered upon a course of mental therapeutics under the direction of Dr. E. J. Noyes, of Boston. He completed his course of medical instruction and graduated from the Metaphysical College in 1879, and immediately engaged in the practice of mental medicine in Newburyport. He followed his vocation there until 1883, when he removed to Portland, where he has since practiced. He is a typical exponent of his school of medicine, and has a large clientage. He is a man of
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quiet manners, a lover of his home, and a member of no secret order or society. The excitement of a political campaign has an at- traction for him which he likes to indulge, but he has never held or aspired to a city office. He is a staunch Republican. He married Carrie E. Williams, July 5, 1886. She is the daughter of Charles and Lydia (Davis) Will- iams, of Amesbury, Massachusetts. They have two children : I. Marion, born July 6, 1888. 2. Evelyn, March 13, 1891.
SPINNEY The following account relative to the early history of the Spinneys on this side of the ocean is based partly upon family tradition, while some of the facts, particularly those con- cerning the arrival and settlement of the im- migrants, are to be found in existing records. James Spinney, a native of Plymouth, Eng- land, a young man of wealthy parents and therefore possessed of excellent prospects in life, accompanied a fishing expedition to the Bay of Fundy, and prompted by a spirit of independence which was a predominating fea- ture of his character, he decided to cast his lot with those of his countrymen who had preceded him as pioneers in America. Making his way along the coast to Kittery he acquired possession of a large tract of wild land, and bringing into action a natural capacity for enterprise, he erected a sawmill on Sturgess creek, thus becoming the pioneer lumber manufacturer in that locality. Thomas Spin- ney, a brother of James, came to America in search of the latter, but being unable to find him he at last located himself at Eliot Point, a short distance from the scene of James' in- dustrial enterprise in Kittery, and ere long the brothers were reunited. The Spinneys of York county are the posterity of these immi- grants. In addition to felling and manufac- turing lumber, James Spinney engaged in fish- ing, and as fast as he cleared his land of the lumber he improved it for agricultural pur- poses. He married Mary Gouch and reared several children. His brother Thomas became a prosperous farmer and landholder, including among his possessions a large tract in North Berwick, which he divided and sold to good advantage.
(I) Zina H. Spinney, who was born in 1808, resided in Georgetown, Maine, and died there in 1866. He married - -, and had a family of five children: Mary E., Palmer O., David, Alfred O. and Charles S.
(II) Palmer O., second child of Zina H. Spinney, was born in Georgetown, March 18,
1838. Having made good use of his educa- tional opportunities, which were confined solely to the public school system then in vogue, he taught school for a time and was considered an excellent instructor. He was, however, at- tracted to the sea, and entering the merchant marine service before the mast he worked his way aft to the quarterdeck, taking command of a vessel while still a young man. He soon became tired of battling with the elements, and abandoning the sea he was appointed by Presi- dent Lincoln keeper of the Sequin light, at the mouth of the Kennebec river. With a view of bettering his fortunes he relinquished that postion, and going to Lewiston took charge of two corporation boarding-houses,. which he carried on for some time. He next engaged in the clothing business in that city, becoming a member of the firm of Pulverman & Spinney, and selling his interest in that con- cern some three years later, he purchased a. farm in Brunswick, where he is now residing. He is a charter member of Mechanics' Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also affiliates with the encampment and the canton, all of Lewiston. In politics he acts inde- pendently. About the year 1858 he married Mary J. Todd, who was born in Georgetown in 1840. They were the parents of five chil- dren. Annie L., Elvington Palmer, Leon Les- lie (who graduated from Bowdoin College in 1894), Inez P., Alfred.
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