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HINDS This is probably one of the earli- est names used in England as a surname, and comes, according to some authorities, from the old English and Scotch words hyne or hine, meaning a tiller of the ground, or a farmer, and later this came to mean the yeomanry. Or, according to others, it may be from the Anglo-Saxon hind, the female of the red deer, as the first sur- names of England were often taken from some animal, plant, or the like, and the term hynd early came to have the meaning cour- teous or gentle. In the Colonial records this name is spelled in at least nine different ways, as Hinds, Hindes, Hynds, Hynes, Hines, Heines, Hains, Haynes, Heynes.
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(1) James Hindes (also spelled in the rec- ords Heynes and Haynes), the emigrant, came to this country, probably from England, landed in Salem, Massachusetts, where he was made freeman in 1637, married the next year, and early removed to Southold, Long Island, where he died March, 1652-53. His widow married, June, 1656, Ralph Dayton, of South- old. James Hindes was a cooper by profes- sion, was a member of the Congregational church of Salem, Massachusetts, as early as 1637, and the baptism of his eight children is recorded there. His wife's name was Mary, and their children were: John, born August 28, 1639; James, baptized August 2, 1641; Benjamin, August 26, 1643; Mary, February 19, 1646; James, December 27, 1647-48; Jon- athan, April 11, 1648; Sarah, April 11, 1649; and Thomas, March 4, 1651.
(II) John, who may have been the eldest son of James and Mary Hindes, and if so was born August 28. 1639, probably in Salem, Massachusetts, died in Lancaster, Massachu- setts, March, 1720. He settled in Lancaster May 25, 1710, in that part which later became Bolton, having spent a short time there in 1676, removed to Brookfield, Massachusetts, and in 1710 made his permanent residence in Lancaster. By his first marriage, of which no record can be found, he had a son and probably other children, and on February 9, 1681-82, he married (second), in Lancaster, Mary, widow of James Butler. By his second wife he had children as follows: John, born January 19, 1683 ; Jacob, 1685; Hannah, De- borah, Enoch, Hopestill and Experience.
(III) Jacob, second son of John and Mary (Butler) Hinds, was born in 1685, probably in Brookfield, Massachusetts, and died at West Boylston, Massachusetts. He was a farmer of Marlboro, Massachusetts, where his name on the public records is spelled Hins, and in 1717 he was one of the Marlboro citizens who set- tled Shrewsbury. In 1720 he removed with his family to West Boylston, being probably the first white settler in that section. In 1729 he lived on house lot number thirty-three, and was on the muster roll of Captain Asa Whit- comb, in whose company he was a corporal ; his will is datel September 24, 1764. He mar- ried, December 6, 1716, at Marlboro, Grace, daughter of Joseph and Hester (Pierce) Morse, born June 7, 1694, at Watertown, Mas- sachusetts. Joseph Morse, at the age of twenty-four, embarked in Ipswich, England, in April, 1634, in the ship "Elizabeth," with William Andrews master. and settled in Water- town, where he was one of the proprietors
and admitted freeman May 6, 1635; he was the eldest son of Joseph and Deborah Morse, who came to America, probably a year or two later than he, and he married Hester, daughter of John and Elizabeth Pierce. Jacob and Grace ( Morse) Hinds had eleven children, as follows: Tabitha, born 1718, died an infant ; Sarah, 1719, died before 1771; Abigail, 1720, died before 1771; Daniel, June 21, 1722, died June 2, 1740; Joseph, January 20, 1724 ; Ben- jamin, July 7, 1725 ; Mary, August 18, 1726, died before 1771; Tabitha, November 14, 1727, died before 1771; Jason, December 8, 1728; Elizabeth, January 22, 1730; Jacob, January 22, 1731.
(IV) Benjamin, third son of Jacob and Grace (Morse) Hinds, was born July 7, 1725, in Shrewsbury, and died October 29, 1794. He was a farmer of Shrewsbury, but in 1746 he settled in West Boylston. He showed his patriotism by loaning to the Continental con- gress sixty thousand dollars, part of which was returned in colonial money. He married (first), 1747, in Shrewsbury, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Isaac Temple, of Boylston, by whom he had ten children, and she died in middle life. He married (second) Tabitha, daughter of Ephraim Holland, born May 4, 1712. died June 4, 1826, and by her had seven children ; his wives were cousins. Children by first wife, born in West Boylston, were as follows : Elizabeth, March 9, 1748; Daniel, April 27, 1749; Jason, February 14, 1750; Abigail, July 14, 1752; Benjamin, August 29, 1754; Abner, October 25, 1756; Nimrod, January 12, 1758; Asher ; Martha, September 29, 1760; Tabitha, March 2, 1762. By his second wife he had, born in West Boylston : Jacob, July 21, 1767; Justin, March 28, 1770; Joseph, July 4, 1773 ; Tabitha. April 14, 1776; Abraham, August 23, 1778: Ephriam, November 7, 1780; Elisha, February 7, 1784.
(V) Asher, sixth son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Temple) Hinds, was born Septem- ber II, 1759, at West Boylston, Massachu- setts, and died April 19, 1814, in that part of Clinton, Maine, now Benton. He removed to Clinton about 1780, where he was engaged in farming : he represented the town of Winslow, Maine, at the general court of Massachusetts, about 1812, and two of his sons were members of the Maine legislature. He married, Sep- tember 6, 1788, in Winslow, now Benton, Maine, Rebecca, daughter of Joel and Hannah (Stevens) Crosby, born May 18, 1772, died November 10, 1843, at Benton. Their first four children were born in Albion, the others in Clinton, Maine, and were: Betsey, Octo-
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ber 27, 1789; Asher ; Benjamin, January 19, 1794; Martha, January 12, 1796; Ruby, July 5, 1798; Thirza, July 24, 1800; Thomas Jef- ferson, August 8, 1805; Ulmer, March 15, 1807; Temple, May 6, 1809; Crosby, Decem- ber 19, 1811 ; Elvira, September 19, 1813.
(VI) Asher (2), the eldest son of Asher (I) and Rebecca (Crosby) Hinds, was born May 2, 1792, at Albion, Maine, and died April 2, 1860. He served in the war of 1812, and later became a prosperous farmer and mer- chant of Benton; he was twice elected to the state senate from the Kennebec district, and served in 1829-30. During the administration of Governor Kent, in 1838, he was a member of the executive council, and at the time of his death was a member of the board of direc- tors of the Androscoggin & Kennebec rail- road, having been elected to that body nearly , every year since its organization. He mar- ried (first), in Wrentham, Massachusetts, Susan Slocum Nelson, who had no children, and died November 2, 1825, at the age of twenty-seven years; he married (second), January 25, 1833, at Bath, Maine, Mrs. Lucy Harding (Turner) Lunt, born February 12, 1801, at Bath, and died July 22, 1883. By his second marriage Mr. Hinds had five children : Amos Lunt, born November 12, 1833; Albert Dwelley; Susan Ann, November 15, 1837; Asher Crosby, January 7, 1840; Roswell Sis- son, April 27, 1844.
(VII) Albert Dwelley, second son of Asher (2) and Lucy H. (Turner) (Lunt) Hinds, was born November 3, 1835, at Clinton, Maine, and died June 20, 1873, at Benton, Maine. After receiving his education at the Waterville College, he became a successful farmer, residing at Benton, and during the civil war he was elected a member of the Maine legislature. He married, December 26, 1861, at Waterville, Maine, Charlotte, daugh- ter of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Piper ) Flagg, born August 5, 1839, at Benton, and died there November 3, 1874; they became the parents of two children : Asher Crosby, given further mention below, and Elizabeth Char- lotte, born March 9, 1865, married John Reed, a civil engineer.
(VIII) Asher Crosby, only son of Albert Dwelley and Charlotte (Flagg) Hinds, was born February 6, 1863, at Benton, Maine, and after attending the public schools of his native town he entered Coburn Classical Institute at Waterville, Maine, graduating in 1879, after which he entered Colby College, graduated with degree Bachelor of Arts in 1883, and in 1905 received from that institution the degree
of Doctor of Laws. After his graduation from college he became engaged on the news- paper staff of the Daily Portland ( Maine) Ad- vertiser, after two years changing to the Daily Portland Press, for which paper he continued to work until 1903. In 1890 he became clerk to the speaker (Reed) in the fifty-first con- gress, and remained in that position till 1901, when he spent four years in newspaper work at Portland, Maine. In 1905 he became clerk at the speaker's table in the house of repre- sentatives, and with the last three speakers of the house has continued as parliamentary clerk. For the last twelve years Mr. Hinds has been the parliamentarian of the Republi- can national conventions, and is considered an authority on parliamentary law. He is au- thor, editor and compiler of a work entitled "Constitutional Digest and Manual of the United States House of Representatives," published annually by the United States gov- ernment, and has recently completed Hind's "Precedents of the House of Representatives," in eight volumes. For the past five years he has been a trustee of Colby College; he is a member of the Maine Historical Society, and of the American Political Science Association. In his editorial and literary work Mr. Hinds has made his productions finished and authen- tic. September 3, 1891, he married Harriett Louise, daughter of Rev. Aaron Estey, a Bap- tist clergyman, and his wife Louise ( Watson) Estey. They have had two children: Albert Estey, born June 12, 1892, died April 13, 1893, and Asher Estey, born May 17, 1894. Mr. Hinds is a resident of Portland.
KNIGHT The name of Knight is very early found in the New Eng- land records, has been conspicu- ously identified with the early settlements in Massachusetts and Maine, and its representa- tives are still contributing a share toward the worthy development of the last named com- monwealth.
(I) John (2), son of John Knight, a cooper by trade, was at Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1653. He was probably born in England. He was married April 25, 1654, in Charles- town, to Ruhamah Johnson, and they were the parents of Ruhamah (died young), Eliza- beth, John, Ruhamah and Abigail. He was admitted to the church in Charlestown in 1667. In a record appearing in 1677 the name of his wife was given as Mary. He was married (third) June 22, 1668, to Mary Bridge, who died October, 1678, and he was married (fourth) December 19 of that year to Widow
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Mary Clemence, who died July 12, 1682. He died in 1714.
(11) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and Ruhamah (Johnson) Knight, was born No- vember 4, 1657, in Charlestown, and resided in Beverly, Massachusetts, where the births of several of his children are recorded, the mother's name being given as Elizabeth. They included John and Joseph.
(III) John (4), son of John (3) and Eliza- beth Knight, was born June 11, 1682, in Bev- erly, and died August 8, 1744, in that town. In the records of his children's births the name of the mother is given as "Liddeah" and the children recorded in Beverly are Benjamin, John Lidiah and Joseph.
(IV) Joseph, son of John (4) and Liddeah Knight, was born December 10, 1711, in Bev- erly, Massachusetts, and was baptized as an adult in Manchester, September 22, 1734. Soon after this he removed to Windham, Maine, and was there captured by Indians in 1747, but was subsequently released. He was again captured the following year but escaped from his captors and warned the residents of North Yarmouth in time to enable them to es- cape from the savage raiders. He died in 1797. He married Phoebe Libby, who was probably a daughter of John and Mary Miller Libby, natives respectively of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Scarborough, Maine. Children : Lydia, Phoebe, Nathaniel, Daniel, Joseph (died young), Nabby, Joseph, Samuel, Morris, Winthrop and Benjamin.
(V) Nathaniel, eldest son of Joseph and Phoebe (Libby) Knight, was born 1765 in Gorham, Maine, resided for a time in West- brook, where he was a merchant, and settled in Lincolnville, Maine.
(VI) Nathan, son of Nathaniel Knight, was born in 1790, in Lincolnville, and died at Hallowell, Maine, in 1871. He had a common school education, and when a young man was a teamster. He established a general store in Lincolnville and became a successful and sub- stantial citizen. He was prominent in public affairs, a selectman for twenty-two years and for two years representative to the legislature. He was a member of the Hallowell Baptist Church. He married Lucy, born in Lincoln- ville, 1796, daughter of Samuel Dean. They had a son and a daughter: Austin Dean and Mary F. The latter married Captain E. Perry and resides in Hallowell, Maine.
(VII) Austin Dean, only son of Nathan and Lucy (Dean) Knight, was born March 21, 1823, in Lincolnville. He began his education in the district school of Lincolnville, and
graduated from the high school of that town, but subsequently attended a private school, after which he took a two years' course of private instruction, being one of a class of thirteen boys placed under the tutorship of Rev. Edward . Freeman, of Camden. These pupils were taken through a course of study so thorough that they were fitted to enter Water- ville College two years in advance. Instead of entering college, however, young Knight began the reading of law and prepared for a professional career. About this time the ac- tivities of the trade made the mercantile out- look more promising than that of the legal profession, and feeling that his general and special education were good business capital, he abandoned the law and became a merchant. Ship supplies were his specialty and to mer- cantile occupation he added that of shipbuild- ing. Quick lime was then shipped in vessels to many southern states and Mr. Knight be- came a large jobber in this article of com- merce. His first vessel sailed in 1849 for New Orleans, and after discharging her cargo was chartered to carry passengers to San Fran- cisco, but the passengers proved to be Cuban revolutionists and the vessel was captured by a Spanish man-of-war and was converted into a man-of-war. The claim of the owners for $19,000 was never collected from Spain. For more than fifteen years he was profitably and honorably employed in this way and then disposed of his enterprise in Lincolnville and removed to Hallowell, in 1858. There he purchased a small farm and settled down to a period of rest from mercantile risks and ac- tivities, but his active organization and habits of work demanded occupation and he discov- ered that the conditions were favorable for a National bank at Hallowell. Among his friends who entertained the same view was John Graves, and their movements forthwith resulted in the organization of the American National Bank. Mr. Knight was elected its first president and served from 1864 to 1871; from the last year until 1888 he was cashier, with the exception of a few months, and he became well known as an expert judge of money. Although nominally retired, he still retains his positions as president and director of the bank, whose interests have always been the subject of his special care and whose suc- cess and prosperity are largely results of his wise counsels. In 1876 he was elected judge of the municipal court of Hallowell, and his re-election, covering a period of twelve years, attests the public approval of the impartial manner in which he held the scales of jus-
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tice and administered the duties of this diffi- cult, often thankless, but always important, judicial position. Judge Knight also served the city eleven years in its legislation councils, generally as alderman. For over sixty years he has been active and zealous in the ranks of Free Masonry, with an extended reputation for knowledge and experience in its work and devotion to its beneficent teachings and pro- fessions. He was made a Master Mason in Camden Lodge in 1848 and since that time, by repeated and regular promotion, he has ascended the fascinating scale of ancient and mystic rites to the thirty-second degree, the highest honor but one. He is a past master of King David's Lodge of Lincolnville, and is now affiliated with Hallowell Lodge. He is past high priest of Jerusalem Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and has conferred the Royal Arch degree on more candidates than any other man in the state. He is a member of Hallowell Council, Royal and Select Masons, of which he was treasurer for many years. For a period of forty-seven years he has been a member of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, four years commander, a longer term than any other, and is affiliated with Maine Consistory, thirty-second degree. He has been a representative in the Grand Lodge since 1874. He belongs to the numerous and honorable order of Odd Fellows, and has been identified with the temperance movement al- most from boyhood, joining the Sons of Tem- perance in 1846. His influence along this line has been extended in a quiet way for a very long period and with good effect upon the morals of his home state. Judge Knight has been an extensive traveler; with characteristic good sense, he first became familiar with his own country, visiting every state but two, making prolonged stops in Colorado, Cali- fornia and New Mexico. Besides a thorough knowledge of the Canadas he has traveled leisurely through England, Ireland and Scot- land and extensively through seven nations of the European continent, Austria being the most easterly of these. Politically he was a Democrat until the formation of the Republi- can party, to whose interests he has since been devoted. His successful and honorable career has been marked by high aims, intelligent mind and strict integrity. He was married Novem- ber 20, 1851, by Rev. John G. Adams, to Julia Augusta, daughter of Henry and Susan Crehore, of Malden, Massachusetts, who was born November 9, 1828, in Malden, and died December -, 1904, in Hallowell.
LEWIS The name of Lewis, sometimes spelled Lewes, has had many dis- tinguished representatives in this country. The family is numerous and ancient, both north and south. Robert Lewis, of Brad- mockshire, Wales, emigrated to Gloucester county, Virginia, in 1640. He had a large grant of land from the crown, and from him have sprung different families of Lewises all over the country. Samuel Gilford Lewis was a major on General Washington's staff. and distinguished himself at the battle of German- town, Pennsylvania. His descendants lived at Washington, D. C., and at St. Louis, where they were known as editors, judges and sur- geons. George Lewis, of Plymouth, after- wards at Scituate, Massachusetts, where he joined the church September 20, 1635, came from East Greenwich in Kent before 1633. Edmund Lewis, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was first at Watertown, and came over from Eng- land in 1634. John Lewis settled at Westerly, Rhode Island, as early as 1660. Dr. William Jerauld Lewis, president of the American So- ciety of Microscopists, is descended from the Connecticut and Rhode Island families. In 1834 thirteen of the Lewis name had been graduated from Harvard, and thirty-four from other New England colleges.
(I) John Lewis was an inhabitant of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1634, when he is first found of record. He was admitted to the church there July 10, 1644, and soon after removed to Malden where he was one of the first settlers in 1635-36. He had four acres of planting land and a ten acre lot on the Mystic side in 1637. In all he was the owner ' of six parcels of land. He must have been a man of some means. The name of his first wife was Marguerite, who was admitted to the church in Charlestown, July 7, 1638. She died April 10, 1649. He married (second), April 10, 1650, at Malden, Mary Browne, daughter of Abraham Browne, of Watertown. Children : John, Joseph and Mary. twins. Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Abraham, Jonathan, Mary, Hannah, Isaac and Trial. He died Sep- tember 16, 1657, at Malden.
(II) Isaac, son (probably the only one) of John and Mary (Browne) Lewis, was born at Malden, Massachusetts, about 1655. He married Mary Davis, and their children were : Mary, Isaac (2), mentioned below. Joseph, John and Abraham.
(III) Isaac (2), eldest son of Isaac (I) and Mary (Davis) Lewis, was born about 1680, probably at Malden, Massachusetts. He lived
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at Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea. He mar- ried Hannah Hallett; children : Isaac, John, Hannah, William, Abijah, whose sketch fol- lows, Mary, Nathan, of Boston, and Joseph. Nathan Lewis, who married Mary Newhall, was the grandfather of Alonzo Lewis, the historian of Lynn, Massachusetts.
(IV) Abijah, the fourth son of Isaac (2) and Hannah ( Hallett) Lewis, was born prob- ably at Lynn, Massachusetts, about 1725, and died at seventy-two years of age in the town of Buxton, Maine. Early during his married life he moved from Lynn to the Saco valley township called Narragansett Number I, and settled near the Gorham line. His wife's name was Rebecca ; she died at seventy-four years of age ; children, the first three of whom were probably born before they moved to Maine: I. Abijah, born in 1756, married Betsey El- dridge, of Buxton. 2. Thomas, married Sally Boston, of York. 3. Elizabeth, married, No- vember 30, 1780, Henry Flood, of Buxton. 4. Ebenezer, baptized in Buxton, April 10, 1777, married Lydia Thompson, of that town. 5. Samuel, whose sketch follows. 6: Sarah, 1776, married Benjamin Newcomb, of Buxton. 7. Rebecca, August 29, 1779, married Elisha Newcomb, of Buxton. 8. Miriam, married Adam Cochran, of Newcastle, Maine, April 9, 1781. 9. Ann, married Winthrop Eldridge, May 7, 1789. 10. Jane, married Aaron El- dridge, May 6, 1794. Of the four sons of this family, Abijah, the eldest, served in the revolution in the company of Captain Hart Lewis, of Gorham, who was probably a rela- tive. The other three sons, Thomas, Ebenezer and Samuel, all became preachers of the Free. Will Baptist denomination. Thomas Lewis lived at Bonny Eagle village in Hollis, and later moved to Clinton, Maine. Ridlon, in his "Saco Valley Settlements and Families," thus speaks of Ebenezer Lewis: "He was a primi- tive preacher who rode horseback to many of the early plantations in York county to sow gospel seed. He possessed a charming voice, and could sing the old 'pennyroyal' hymns with great power. His advantages for educa- tion were limited, but his natural ability as a public speaker was good and his memory something phenomenal. He lived to the great . age of ninety-eight. During his last days his mind became weak. He never forgot to pray, but sometimes prayed in his family a second time in consequence of having forgotten that he had prayed. His failings certainly 'leaned to virtue's side.'"
(V) Samuel, fourth son of Abijah and Re- becca Lewis, was baptized at Buxton, Maine,
April 10, 1777, and probably died at Spring- field, that state, September 4, 1850. He moved from his native town to Harrison, and settled in the south part of that town on the Pond road, where six children were born. He be- came a Free Will Baptist preacher, and after- wards moved to Springfield, Maine. On De- cember 4, 1800, Samuel Lewis married Phebe, daughter of General Irish, of Gorham, Maine. She died March 23, 1865, at eighty-one years of age. Children: I. William, born July 7, 1801, married Abigail Newcomb. 2. Almon, June 6, 1803, married Lucy Harmon. 3. Hannah P., October 30, 1804, married Levi Watson. 4. Mary, October II, 1806, married Abial Scribner. 5. Ebenezer, May 7, 1808. 6. Melcher, November 26, 1810. 7. Susan N., born 1812. 8. Samuel, born 1815. 9. Francis Dana, whose sketch follows. IO. Cle- ment P., born 1820. II. Sybil A., born 1824. 12. John D., born 1828. All deceased except Sybil A ..
(VI) Francis Dana, son of Rev. Samuel and Phebe (Irish) Lewis, was born at Harri- son, Maine, in 1818, and died at Springfield, that state. In early life he moved with his people to Springfield, which became his per- manent home. . He was a farmer and lumber- man by occupation. About 1838 Francis Dana married Mary, daughter of Lewis and Rebecca (Johnson) Hanscom, of Springfield. Chil- dren: I. Andrew Jackson, born March 12, 1840, now living at Caribou, Maine. 2. Henry B., August 13, 1843, of Springfield. 3. Ada- line, May 28, 1847, married Henry Clark ; she is now deceased. 4. Nora, November 29, 1851, married James P. Coffin, of Springfield. 5. Nina, born 1854, died in childhood. 6. C. J., whose sketch follows. 7. Susie, born 1861, married W. S. Pillsbury, of Waterville, Maine.
(VII) C. J., son of Francis Dana and Mary (Hanscom) Lewis, was born at Springfield, Maine, April 16, 1858. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and farmed there till 1883, when he moved to Caribou, and continued in farming till 1905. In the latter year he helped to organize the corporation of Hines and Smith, dealers in farm implements and hardware, of which firm he is now the sec- retary. Mr. Lewis is a Republican in politics. and has served as selectman on several oc- casions, and once as chairman of the board. He has been a member of the school com- mittee, and also superintendent of schools. He is a Mason, belonging to Caribou Lodge, No. 170, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; and he is also a member of Caribou Lodge, No. 138, Patrons of Husbandry. On Sep-
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