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There are several distinct families HILL of this name in New England, the progeny of different immigrants, and the American progenitor of the Hills of York county was one of the latest of the name to arrive from the mother country.
(I) John Hill, one of the early settlers in Eliot, was a native of England and a man of unusual energy and perseverance. He was accompanied to New England by a brother, and while the latter located in New Hamp- shire, John cast his lot with the sturdy pio- neers of York county, Maine, acquiring pos- session of a tract of wild land in Eliot, which he cleared and improved into a good farm. For a number of years he was, in common with his neighbors, obliged to keep a constant vigil against a sudden attack by the hostile savages. but in spite of the dangers and hard- ships which beset our forefathers in their ef- forts in behalf of civilization, he succeeded in establishing a comfortable home.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Hill, the immigrant, was a lifelong resident of Eliot, and having learned the tanner's trade he fol- lowed it in connection with farming. He mar- ried Eunice Libby and had a family of seven children : Daniel, Oliver, Alvin, John, William, Eliza and Martha.
(III) William, fourth child of John ( 2) and Eunice (Libby) Hill, was born in Eliot, Feb- ruary 28, 1799. Having pursued the regular course of instruction afforded by the public school system of his day, he proceeded to de- velop a capacity for mechanics, acquiring a good knowledge of wood-working at North Berwick. and going to Great Falls, New Hampshire, he constructed the first power- looms to be operated in that locality. Return- ing to North Berwick in 1832, he turned his attention to the woolen manufacturing indus- try of that town, which he proceeded to de- velop, taking the initial step in that direction
by purchasing an interest in the old Lang fac- tory, which up to that time had been devoted principally to custom carding. Under the firm name of Lang & Hill the business was continued until 1837 or 1838, when a stock company was organized and incorporated as the North Berwick Company with Mr. Hill as its president. For over forty years he man- aged the affairs of this concern, enlarging its facilities, thereby supplying the means for a substantial increase in its output, and the en- terprise became useful as well as profitable, furnishing employment to a large number of operatives. The present commodious four-story structure was erected in 1866, and its ma- chinery and other equipments have been changed at different times in order to keep pace with the march of modern improvements. In 1860 Mr. Hill obtained the charter for the North Berwick Bank, which shortly after- ward became the North Berwick National Bank, and being chosen as its first president he retained that position for the remainder of his life. In politics Mr. Hill was originally a Whig, but joined the present Republican party at its formation and from that time for- ward was a staunch supporter of its principles. His death occurred at his home in North Ber- wick, May 12, 1881, and that sad event was regarded by the entire community as an irre- trievable loss. He was a member of the So- ciety of Friends, and was married at the Friends' Meeting-house in North Berwick, January 25, 1823, to Elizabeth Buffum, daugh- ter of Samuel Buffum, and she died Sep- tember 26, 1859. He was again married, May 2, 1861, to Sarah M. Wilbur, of North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and her death oc- curred November 27, 1872. He was the father of thirteen children, all of whom were of his first union, and eight of whom died in in- fancy. Those who lived to maturity are: Charles E., born February 27, 1827, died Feb- ruary 4, 1894. William H., born June 6, 1832, died February 5, 1848. Elizabeth A., born April 21, 1838, died April 13, 1887. Mary Rogers, who will be again referred to. Ed- ward, born May 13, 1840 (see separate ar- ticle).
(IV) Mary Rogers, fourth child and youngest daughter of William and Elizabeth (Buffum) Hill, was born in North Berwick, Maine, March 27, 1839. She was educated in her native town, and has always resided there. Early in life she displayed a capacity for self- reliance and progressive ideas. Her strongly defined character, however, was not fully man- ifested until later in life, when she was chosen
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to fill a position of responsibility and trust. In 1881, on the death of her father, she was elected president of the North Berwick Com- pany as his successor, he having served in that capacity over forty years. At the present time (1908) Mrs. Hurd has been president of the company for twenty-seven years, and dur- ing this long period of time she has proven the wisdom of the board of directors in their se- lection of president, and has conducted the af- fairs of the company with a sagacity which rivals her contemporaries. Mary Rogers Hill married, January 12, 1870, William Hobbs, of North Berwick, son of Isaac M. Hobbs, and a descendant of Henry Hobbs, an immigrant from England, who settled in Dover, New Hampshire (see Hobbs, I). William Hobbs was for many years agent and treasurer of the North Berwick Company ; he was one of the most prominent residents of that town in his day, and represented his district in the state legislature. He had two daughters by a former marriage: Ellen H., wife of Charles H. Prescott, publisher of the Bridgeport Jour- nal, and Margaret Hobbs. William Hobbs died September 5, 1884. Mrs. Hobbs mar- ried for her second husband, September 13, 1893, Hon. Daniel A. Hurd, of North Ber- wick (see Hurd sketch).
This old Colonial family, CRESSEY though not a large one, is scattered over the most of the states of the Union, and has furnished many men of energy, activity and courage.
(I) Mighill Cressey landed in Salem with his brother William, probably in the year 1649. He was thirty years old in 1658. He lived for a time in the family of Lieutenant Thomas Lathrop, afterwards Captain Lathrop, who with sixty of his soldiers fell in the battle of Bloody Brook, in Deerfield, September 18, 1675. From June, 1652, to May, 1663, he lived in the family of Joshua Ray at "Royal Side," Salem, now Beverly. He married, 1658, Mary Bachelder, born in Salem in 1640, daughter of John and Elizabeth Bachel ler. of "Royal Side.". She was baptized at Salem, April 19, 1640, and died in childbed, August, 1659. He then moved to Ipswich and mar- ried, April 6, 1660, Mary Quilter, born in Ips- wich, May 2, 1641, daughter of Mark Quilter. He had by his first wife one child, John; and by the second three children: Mighill, Will- iam and Mary. Mary, his widow, with her three children, moved to Rowley, Massachu- setts, April, 1671, and died in that town. May 7, 1707. This christian name is sometimes
spelled "Michael" on old records, but Mighill Cressey, the immigrant, spelled his own name "Mighel Cresse." On various records the surname (Cressey) is spelled twenty-three different ways.
(II) John, only child of Mighill and Mary (Bachelder) Cressey, was born at "Royal Side," in Salem, August, 1659, and after the death of his father lived with his grandfather Bachelder. In 1675 he chose in court his uncle, Joseph Bachelder, to be his guardian. He was a tailor and resided in Salem on land at "Royal Side" formerly belonging to his grandfather Bachelder. He was a deacon of the Second Church of Beverly. His grave is marked by a slatestone, inscribed as follows : . "Here lyeth the Body of Deacon John Cresy who died July ye 22d 1735 in ye 76th year of his age." His will was dated June 12, 1734, and proved August 18, 1735. He married Sarah Gaines, born in Ipswich, November 23, 1665, daughter of John and Mary (Tredwell) Gaines, of Ipswich. She died at "Royal Side," April 4, 1751. They had eleven children : Mary, John, died young ; Sarah, John, Joseph, Daniel, Job, Benjamin, Hannah, Abigail, Noah.
(III) Daniel, sixth child and third son of John and Sarah (Gaines) Cressey, was born in Salem, July II, 1698, and was a yeoman. He married, October 20, 1720, Sarah Ingle- son (probably daughter of John and Mary In- gleson), of Salem. About 1740 he moved to Connecticut, and nothing further is as yet known of him. Their eleven children were: John, Ruth, died young; Mary, Ruth, Sarah, Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Richard, Ebenezer and Anna.
(IV) John (2), eldest son of Daniel and Sarah (Ingleson) Cressey, was born July 31, 1721, and settled in Gorham, then Narragan- sett, No. 7, in the Province of Maine, when his son John was an infant. He married, about 1747, Deborah, daughter of Captain Amos Wadley, of Boston. His first location was on the one hundred acre lot, 69 or 70, west of Little river, which he afterward exchanged with Charles McDonald for the thirty-acre lot, 53, upon which he moved and lived a part of the time during the Indian war. This thirty- acre lot is still occupied by his descendants. At the time John Cressey went to Gorham, 1749 or 1750, the Indians, in consequence of their many defeats, had become less trouble- some, though they were often seen, singly or in small parties, but committed but few dep- redations, as the settlers were by that time better armed and better able to avenge in-
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juries. Nevertheless, many of the settlers who were near enough made the fort their house during the night. This was the case with Mr. Cressey. Although his name does not appear with those who made their residence within the fort during the Indian war, the fact is that he did so most of the time, working on his farm during the day and taking his fam- ily to the fort for protection each night. He liad a road across lots direct to the fort, which was a short half-mile from his clearing. The first land he cleared was in front of his log house, on the thirty-acre lot, 53. There he worked, while his wife and son John; sat on a stump or fallen tree with a loaded gun by her side to watch and give the alarm. should the Indians appear. At one time, while the hus- band and wife were thus situated, an Indian came upon them. Discovering Mr. Cressey at work, and not seeing his wife, he crept stealthily toward Mr. Cressey, with his toma- hawk raised and knife ready, not being armed with a gun. Mrs. Cressey sat with her gun in her hand, fearing and trembling. When the enemy got quite near her husband she could bear the suspense no longer, his danger over- came her fear. She arose and called to him, at the same time pointing her gun toward the Indian, who thought it prudent to beat a hasty retreat, for the savages had had sev- eral lessons which had taught them that the "white squaws" were not bad shots. Here the couple lived and toiled. Mrs. Cressey, al- though reared in the city of Boston, and never having known what hard work was, took hold resolutely with her husband, taking care of the house and aiding in the field, help- ing her husband in the toilsome work of cut- ting and piling up the partially burned logs in order to clear the land for crops, often not knowing whence victuals for the next meal would come. Sometimes there was no food in the house, nor did they know where they could obtain any. This was the case one day when they were at work on their land. The season was advancing : their crops must be planted, if they were to raise anything ; they had no time to spare; they must work, and then hunt for food. While at their labor, nearly exhausted for want of food, Mrs. Cressey found a par- tridge's nest with thirteen eggs in it. This was good fortune, and when their day's work was done they had a good supper of partridge eggs to appease the cravings of hunger. Bread was hard to get. When they first settled in Gorham they occasionally took game when their work would allow them time for hunting, and when there was little or no fear of prowl-
ing Indians. Mr. Cressey died in 1785, and his wife in 1796. Their children were: John, Joseph, Betsey, Mary, and Noah and Job (twins ) .
( V) James, a descendant of John and De- borah ( Wadley) Cressey, was born in Bux- ton, November 27, 1790, and died in Port- land, June 18, 1877. He was a farmer and lived on his own farm in Gorham, Maine. In politics he was a Democrat, and in religious affiliations an Adventist. He married, Febru- ary 23, 1820, Hannah Hasty, who was born in Scarboro, August 11, 1796, and died in Port- land, December 19, 1870. Their children were: I. Susan N., born November 29, 1820, died November 24, 1902; she married William P. Sturgis, January .17, 1843, and had two children : Helen, who married Asa Legrow; and Samuel. . 2. Harriet, died young. 3. Har- riet L., May 16, 1825, died September 30, 1895 ; she married Mark R. Came. 4. Cyrus, mentioned below. 5. Eliza A., May 21, 1831, married Leonard W. Twombley, of Portland (see Twombley, II).
(VI) Cyrus, only son of James and Hannah (Hasty) Cressey, was born in Gorham, May 29, 1827, and died in Portland, August 22, 1897. He. was born on a farm and educated in the district schools. After his marriage he was engaged in the grocery business at Bonny Eagle three years, and then in Gorham until 1863, when he removed to Portland and en- gaged in erecting residences which he rented. In politics he was a Democrat. He married, in Biddeford, February 27, 1855, Olive Fran- ces Gove, of Saco, then a resident of Bidde- ford. She was born December 25, 1837, daughter of Chesley D. and Tryphena S. (Jackson) Gove, the latter the daughter of Zebediah Farnum and Margaret (Clark) Jack- son; children of Mr. and Mrs. Gove: Albert Franklin, died at seventeen years, Olive F. and Ellen M. Chesley D. Gove died in California in the sixties; he went there with his brother Alvin C. in 1851, crossing the Isthmus. His wife was born in 1813, died in Portland, Sep- tember 30, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Cressey had no children.
Olive Frances (Gove) Cressey traces her ancestry to John Gove, who came from Lon- don, England, to America about 1647, accom- panied by his wife Sarah, daughter Mary and sons John and Edward. It is claimed that he was a brass founder. The family settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and one history says the father died the following year, an- other that he lived several years. However that may be, his home and lots mentioned in
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the "Genealogy of Estates of Charlestown" would indicate that he survived long enough to become a citizen of that early town.
John, the eldest son, settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he married into the As- pinwall family, which has since become some- what famous from its wealth and success. John is spoken of in the histories of Cam- bridge as holding some of the town offices, and he was undoubtedly a citizen of some impor- tance. Many of his descendants resided in Massachusetts, and the streets in Melrose and East Boston bearing the name of Gove un- doubtedly inherited the name from this early settler and his descendants.
Edward, the younger son, from whom the New Hampshire and Maine families take their descent, married Hannah, daughter of William Titcomb, who came from Newbury, England, to Boston in the ship "Hercules" in 1634 and settled in what is now Newbury and Newbury- port, Massachusetts, and probably founded and gave the name to that old town. Edward Gove and wife first settled in Salisbury, where the births of their three elder children are recorded upon the old records. They removed to Hampton. Their daughters married into prominent families and became the mothers of many whose names are still familiar in New England, individual descendants having be- come distinguished in many departments and vocations of life, among whom may be men- tioned the Prescotts, Sanborns, Daltons, Cof- fins and Conners.
This Edward Gove, Dow's History says, was a man of means, somewhat popular and represented his town in the assembly when Governor Cranfield's tyranny was such a har- assment to the settlers. Cranfield was sent over to establish the Mason claims, and boasted that he would make money out of the colonists even if he could not force them to recognize Mason's proprietorship. Mason, a London merchant, and Gorges, the military man, had spent much of their substance and used what influence they could command in colonizing Maine and New Hampshire, and as a reward had been granted large tracts of land from the council established for that purpose. Gorges, seeming satisfied. gave no particular trouble, but some of the Mason claims, being for lands already settled upon, and those lands having been in most cases purchased directly from the original Indian proprietors, were a con- tinual source of trouble, the culmination of which came during Cranfield's administration. Being unsuccessful in collecting rents, hoping thereby to establish Mason's proprietorship,
the governor inaugurated a course of abuse which threw several of the most influential citizens into prison. It was then that Edward Gove, with perhaps more courage than discre- tion, came boldly forward, criticizing and at- tacking the governor's actions. Going from town to town and calling the people together with blast of trumpet, he with stirring speech summoned one and all to take up arms to defend the rights they had enjoyed for fifty years which were being wrested from them. The ever alert governor, being fully informed of these disloyal acts and fearing the wrath of the citizens when once aroused, arrested Gove with a few of his followers, threw him into prison, from whence he was brought forth to be sentenced by a manipulated court to death, and that death to be in the usual manner with traitors, of being "drawn and quartered," as a warning to all traitors to the king. Gove was returned to prison upon Great Island (now Newcastle, Portsmouth harbor) and there re- mained for months, the governor hardly dar- ing to carry out the sentence and yet by word and letter professing his fearfulness for his own life as long as Gove was living. The case being taken to the mother country, Gove's transportation was ordered, and upon arrival in 1683 he soon found himself behind the great gates of "London Tower." where he re- mained a prisoner three years. His estates were confiscated and he received the punish- ment meted out to a great enemy to the king. The repeated efforts for Gove's pardon and his own petition were finally listened to and with influence brought to bear upon the Earl of Clarendon, then Lord Chamberlain, his pardon was obtained, the document being, it is said, an interesting old paper with the King's great seal attached. Upon his return home in 1686 his estates were restored to him, and history says that he was once more prom- inent in affairs and held office within the gift of the people.
Notwithstanding that the Quaker creed of peace seems to have been the universal faith of this early family, yet the revolutionary war brought forward a fair quota of patriots. all descending from Edward Gove, among them being Captain Winthrop Gove, Dr. Jonathan Gove, Eleazer Gove, who was instantly killed while beating his drum September 19, 1777, at the defeat of Burgoyne, and - Gove, who served as a fifer until the close of the war, having enlisted while in his "teens." It would therefore seem that love of liberty has been a conspicuous trait of the family. At the close of the revolution the sons of Eleazer Gove
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scattered to different sections, Jacob settling in Lubec, Maine; Moses, who also served in the revolutionary war, locating in Otsego county, New York, and John in what is now York county, Maine, where he married Lois, daughter of Robert Bradeen.
FREES This name is found in various records with not less than thir- teen different spellings, and that most used by the early generations of this country is Freese. It is believed that most of those bearing the name are descendants from a native of Friesia or Friesland. The Frisians (Latin Frisii) came of a Teutonic race and occupied the country about the Zuy- derzee. In the fifth century a band of the Frisii joined the Saxons and Angles in their invasion of England. Persons of the name of Frees were in New England soon after the arrival of Endicott and Winthrop, and scat- tered references are found in the early towns along the coast in what is now Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. A James Frees, with coat-of-arms, was a merchant in London, England, in 1633, and probably the first found in this country was a descendant from or in some way related to him.
(I) James Freese (or Frieze) was born about 1641-42 and resided in Amesbury, Mas- sachusetts, with wife Elizabeth. He was as- signed a seat in the meeting house in Ames- bury in 1667 and a possessor of common rights in that town two years later. He sub- scribed to the oath of allegiance December, 1677, and was a builder of vessels at "Jamaco" about 1678. He was probably the James Freese killed by Indians in 1698 at Casco, Maine. His children on record in Salisbury, Amesbury, Salem and old Norfolk records were : James, John, Catherine and Francis. There were probably several others who are not on the records.
(II) James (2), son of James (I) and Elizabeth Freese, was born March 16, 1667 (recorded in Salisbury), and married, June 2, 1697, in Newbury, Mary, daughter of Nathan- iel (2) and Joanna (Kinney) Merrill, and granddaughter of Nathaniel (I) and Susan (Jordan) Merrill, pioneers of Newbury. She was born September 18, 1675. No record of their children appears. This James Freese is probably the James Freese of Newbury who was a witness at a trial in 1692. He was prob- ably the father of John and Jacob Freese, the latter of Hampton, New Hampshire. The lat- ter was called junior to distinguish him from others of the same name in that town.
(III) John and Jacob Frees were settlers in the vicinity of Deer Isle, Maine. They came from Hampton to that place. The former settled on what is still known as Freese Island, and had children : George, John, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Return and Retire (twins).
(IV) Abraham, third son of John Frees, was born 1749, probably in Hampton, and died in 1800 in Orono, Maine, whither he went from Bangor in 1790. The farm in Orono was on the right bank of the river, op- posite the present site of the University of Maine, said to be one of the best farms in Penobscot county, and on this he built the first frame house in the town. He married, June 25, 1777, Hannah, daughter of Edward White- more, of Salem, Massachusetts, and they were the parents of John, Abner, Isaac, Retire W., Abraham, Hannah and Jonathan.
(V) Retire Whitemore, fourth son of Abraham and Hannah (Whitemore) Frees, was born January 19, 1785, in Bangor, and died October 23, 1860. He lived on the Freese Homestead for fifty years, having pur- chased it, and was one of the selectmen of Orono, Maine. He was elected as representa- tive to the state legislature in 1849. December 23, 1810, he married Fanny, sister of Daniel White, of Orono, Maine. She was born Jan- uary 28, 1793, died July 14, 1870. Their chil- dren were all gifted in music, and were as follows: I. Samuel W., born October 12, 1811, died June 15, 1861. 2. Jonathan, Sep- tember 17, 1812, was killed by accident at Eureka, California. 3. Fanny W., August 24, 1814, died July 14, 1876. 4. Benjamin, January 18, 1816. 5. Hannah W., February 14, 1818, died February 7, 1865. 6. Abigail W., July 15, 1823, died November 29, 1897; married Benjamin Stewart, June 7, 1847. 7. Daniel W., June 23, 1824, died August 22, 1825. 8. Daniel W., December 16, 1826, died in 1904. 9. Betsey W., August 5, 1828, died August 30, 1867, at Rockland, Maine. IO. Retire W., August 26, 1830. 11. John W., July 6, 1833, died September 18, 1892, at St. Helena, California. 12. Rebecca R., June 10, 1837, died January 30, 1902, at Orono, Maine. She became the second wife of Richard Lord.
(VI) Benjamin, third son of Retire W. and Fanny (White) Frees, was born January 18, 1816, at Orono, Maine, where he became a successful teacher, and died in the prime of life, December 17, 1846. He married Maria Foy, daughter of Colonel Samuel Buffum, of Orono, Maine ; she was born July 3, 1819, died Tune 25, 1888, at Whitewater, Wisconsin. They had only one child, Benjamin Marsh.
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(VII) Benjamin Marsh, only son of Ben- jamin and Maria F. (Buffum) Frees, was born August 3, 1846, at Orono, Maine. Until he was ten years of age he attended the schools of his native town, then removed with his parents to Monroe, Wisconsin, where he then attended school. In 1863 he completed a course at Bryant & Stratton Business Col- lege, of Chicago, Illinois. On his eighteenth birthday, August 3, 1864, he enlisted from Monroe, Green county, Wisconsin, as a private in Company H, Thirty-eighth Wisconsin In- fantry ; he was elected first lieutenant by the company, and before Petersburg, Virginia, was promoted to the rank of captain of Com- pany H. He spent six months at the siege of Petersburg, and was there at the time of its surrender. When his company was mustered out, at Washington, the regiment in which he served was the first to pass President John- son and General Grant at the Grand Review. At the close of the war he removed to White- water, Wisconsin, where he (in company with his step-father, N. H. Allen, also born in Maine) engaged in the lumber business. The next year he went to California, but returned to Whitewater and engaged in business with the same firm, N. H. Allen & Company, until 1872, when he came to Chicago, Illinois. He was first employed in that city by Kirby-Car- penter Company, which was one of the largest lumber firms of the country. Mr. Frees con- tinued in their employ twelve years, and in his travels through the states where they did busi- ness he established lumber yards, taking in as partners young men with whom he had been associated. He is vice-president of a number of lumber firms, and his firm established three national banks, also two state banks. He is connected with the First National banks of McCook, Nebraska, and Lisbon, North Da- kota. Mr. Frees is also largely interested in growing oranges in the state of California, his annual production being twenty thousand boxes. He is a Republican, and a member of the Congregational Society. He is a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 57, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Whitewater, Wis- consin, the Loyal Legion at Chicago, also U. S. Grant Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Chicago. April 10, 1877, he married Ellie Rosine, daughter of Dr. Henry O. Adams; they have no children.
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