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1790, died unmarried; Joseph, May 31, 1791 ;
(VII) Benjamin, third son of Joseph (2), lived in Gray, Maine, where he died in 1834; he married Salome Coombs, who died in 1857. Their children were: Salome Ann, born in November, 1819; Amasa, December 27, 1822; John Coombs, October 3, 1826.
(VIII) Salome Ann, only daughter of Ben- jamin and Salome (Coombs) Cummings, was born in 1819, and died July 24, 1897. She married Cyrus L., son of Rev. Reuben Curtis. (See Curtis VIII.)
(For preceding generations see John Johnson I.)
(III) Benjamin, son of
JOHNSON Humphrey and Eleanor Johnson, was born at Scitu- ate, in 1657, and died in Hingham, March 12, 1712. He inherited the great executive ability of his father, and was one of the most prom- inent citizens in the strong old town where he lived. By trade he was a blacksmith, and he was famed far and near for his promptness and skill. He was constable in 1691 and 1692, and selectman in 1698. He was landlord and proprietor of the famous Pine Tree Tavern, which was located in a fine position, and in which he did all in his power to make his guests comfortable and happy. He left quite an estate at the time of his death. He mar- ried, in Hingham, June II, 1683, Rebecca Hersey, born in that town August 20, 1663,
died February II, 1711, daughter of William and Rebecca (Chubbuck) Hersey. Children : Rebecca, Benjamin (died young), Joshua (died young), Ruth, Sarah, Benjamin, Mary, and Joshua.
(IV) Joshua, youngest child of Benjamin and Rebecca (Hersey) Johnson, was born about 1702, in Scituate, and settled in Stough- ton, Massachusetts, about 1735. He was a carpenter by trade, and did much skilful work in that town. He married, April 29, 1730, Mrs. Lydia (Ward) Lincoln, born June 15, 1705, in Hingham, Massachusetts, daughter of Henry and Ruth (Bailey) Ward. Children : John, Joshua, Jacob.
(V) Jacob, youngest child of Joshua and Lydia (Ward) (Lincoln) Johnson, was born January 31, 1734, and was among the pioneer settlers of Maine. He had two sons who were the ancestors of many of the best known citi- zens of that name in Maine. The will of his son Joseph is found in the Lincoln county, Maine, probate records. No record of his marriage is discoverable.
(VI) Jacob (2), son of Jacob (I) Johnson, was born February 4, 1781, in Jefferson, Maine, where he passed his life. He married (first) Esther Linscott; children: Jacob, born 1807; Nabby, 1811; Nehemiah, 1813; Nathaniel, 1815. He married (second) July 18, 1816, Abigail Fairbank, born in Hatch. She married (first) November 29, 1804, Rob- ert Clark, who died November 16, 1810; she married (second) Ebenezer Fairbank, who died August 12, 1815. By her former mar- riages she was the mother of Robert Clark and Caroline A. Fairbank. By her third mar- riage she was the mother of Esther, John Wesley, and William Fletcher Johnson.
(VII) William Fletcher, son of Jacob (2) Johnson, was born in Jefferson, Maine, in 1822, and died at Winslow, Maine, in 1894. He was educated in the common schools. He was apprenticed to learn the trade of harness maker and served six years in Brett's shop, Augusta, Maine. He afterwards attended the Bloomfield Academy at Skowhegan, and fol- lowed his trade, working as a journeyman harness maker at Unity, Freedom, Skowhe- gan, and finally at Waterville, where he estab- lished a harness shop on his own account. After doing business a number of years there he sold out and started again in Winslow, Maine. He was a skilful craftsman both at harness making and carriage trimming. In politics Mr. Johnson was a Democrat. He married Ruth S. Boulter, born 1828, in Free- dom, died 1864, in Freedom. Children: I.
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William F., died young. 2. Emma F., died young. 3. Charles Fletcher, mentioned be- low.
(VIII) Hon. Charles Fletcher, son of William Fletcher Johnson, was born at Winslow, Maine, February 14, 1859. He at- tended the public schools of his native town and the Waterville Classical Institute. He was a student at Colby College for two years, and graduated at Bowdoin College in 1879. He taught school for a time, and then began to read law. He was admitted to the bar in 1886, and began to practice as junior partner of the law firm of Brown & Johnson, and con- tinued until 1890. During the next four years he was a partner in the firm of Webb, John- son & Webb, and since then has practiced alone. His present office is at 102 Main street, Waterville. Mr. Johnson has taken high rank in his profession. He has been prominent in public life. In politics he is a Democrat, and for many years has been among the leaders of his party in the state. He was city clerk in 1887, mayor of the city in 1893, and in the board of aldermen in 1899. He was in 190- a candidate for governor of the state, "leading with ability an army too small for victory. He is a member of Waterville Lodge of Free Masons, and is a past master; member of Teconnett Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and a former officer ; member and past commander of St. Omer Commandery, Knights Templar. He was elected in May, 1906, grand master of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of the state of Maine, and was re-elected the following year. He is also a member of Waterville Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 905, and of Waterville Lodge, An- cient Order of United Workmen. He mar- ried, December 20, 1881, Abbie W. Brit- ton, of Winslow, Maine. Children, born at Waterville: I. William F., died 1893. 2. Emma L., graduate of Waterville High School, class of 1903, now a student in Vassar College.
In New England we find GRIFFITH among the immigrants Hen- ry Griffith, who died in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, November 12, 1639. Then we have Joshua Griffith, born in England, in 1610, came from London in the ship "Abigail," Robert Haskell, master, June 29, 1635, as a servant with certificate from the minister of Stephney Parish. Will- liam Griffith appears as a citizen of Boston in 1676. He was of Welsh origin, and claiming direct descent from Llewellyn, the last king
of Wales, who was beheaded by the English in I282, and was son of Griffith Griffith, also king of Wales. William settled in Maryland, mar- ried Mrs. McCubben, and had son Orlando, who married Catherine Howard, and had chil- dren : Henry, Sarah, Greenbury, Benjamin, Joshua, Orlando, Jr., Charles H. and Lucretia.
In Pennsylvania we have Griffith Griffith, born in Wales, came from Llyndury not later than 1715, and had brothers William and John, and died in East Nantmeal township, Pennsylvania, in 1760. He married, and had sons Abel and William, and their descendants settled in South Carolina and New Jersey. John Griffith was a corporal in Captain Elias Morse's company from Livermore, that went to the defence of Portland in the war of 1812, and the company was attached to Lieutenant- Colonel Samuel Holland's regiment, Septem- ber 14-24, 1814, and to Colonel William Ry- erson, September 25, November 5, 1814, after the drafts. John Griffin Jr., a stone mason, built the stone work of the Universalist church at Livermore, which building was com- pleted in the spring of 1829 at "The More- lands," the name of the Washburn home- stead. On the organization of the society in 1807 he subscribed toward the support of a minister. The name of Hezekiah Griffin ap- pears among the catalogue of scholars in Liv- ermore as made by Benjamin Foster, the pop- ular teacher of schools from 1806-10. This evidently should be Griffith, and would give his birth as late as 1800. In view of these his- torical facts we can readily infer that John Griffith, the soldier of 1812, was the grand- father, and that John Griffith Jr., who sub- scribed toward the support of the Universalist minister in 1807 and helped to build the church which was finished in 1829, was father of Hezekiah Griffith, who was enrolled as a scholar 1806-10 in the school of Livermore. The line of descent of the Griffiths of Liver- more, if this suggestion derived from histor- ical records be true, would be as follows :
(I) John Griffith, corporal in Captain Morse's company, 1814, had a son, John Jr.
(II) John (2), son of Corporal John Grif- fith, had a son Hezekiah, who lived in Liver- more, Maine.
(III) Hezekiah, son of John (2) Griffith, was born in Livermore, Maine, about 1800, and married, about 1821, Lynda Fuller, a de- scendant of Dr. Samuel Fuller, the physi- cian of the Pilgrim Colony in Leyden, and came with the Pilgrims to Plymouth on the first voyage of the "Mayflower," 1620. They had a son Stephen Eskridge.
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(IV) Stephen Eskridge, son of Hezekiah and Lyndia (Fuller) Griffith, was born in Livermore, Maine. He married Vesta Ann, daughter of Ira Reynolds, of Canton, Maine. She was born in Canton, February 22, 1836, and became a frequent contributor under the pen-name of "Inez" to the Boston Cultivator, the Ladies' Enterprise, and other periodicals published in her day. In her early life she wrote humorous and dramatic poems, and her poetic productions were given a place in' "The Poets and Poetry of Maine," in which state she became very popular not only for her attainments in literature, but for her amiable social qualities. Children of Stephen Esk- ridge and Vesta Ann (Reynolds) Griffith : Claude Maitland, and Merle Reynolds Grif- fith. Stephen Eskridge Griffith was a saddler, and lived in Dixfield, where he was a first se- lectman of the town, superintendent of the public schools, and a member of the school committee. He served in the state militia, and attained the rank of captain. His mother, Lyndia (Fuller) Griffith, was a direct de- scendant from Dr. Samuel Fuller, a "May- flower" passenger in 1620, and the physician of the "Mayflower" company, and as one of the first deacons of the First Church in Ply- mouth he induced Governor Winthrop and the Plymouth Colony to adopt the Congrega- tional form of church government. Stephen Eskridge Griffith died in Dixfield, Maine, July 23, 1885, and his widow married ( second) James Henry Crockett, of Portland.
(V) Claude Maitland, only son of Stephen Eskridge and Vesta Ann (Reynolds) Grif- fith, was born in Dixfield, Maine, June 8, 1872. After completing the grammar course at the public schools of Dixfield, he took an acad- emic course at Westbrook Seminary, Port- land, Maine, where he was graduated in 1889. He had studied music and principally the piano, from early boyhood, and on leaving the seminary he began teaching the piano and continued as a teacher of the piano in Auburn, Maine, for three years, first having studied under Harvey S. Murray, professor of organ and piano in Portland, and under Carl Baer- mann, in Boston, for one year. After having taught the piano in Auburn, 1890-93, he re- moved to New York City in 1894, and while studying he also taught at the Virgil Piano School for six years, 1894-1900. To further perfect himself in the art as a pianist, he studied piano under Heinrich Barth, and the- ory under Otto Boise, in Berlin, and piano in Paris, under Moszkoski, remaining abroad about one year (1901). On returning to
New York City in 1902, he established him- self as instructor of organ and piano, with studio in Carnegie Hall, where he met with well deserved success and with anxious pu- pils on the waiting list to take their turn un- der his instruction. Upon making his home in New York he became a member of the Maine Society of that city. His time being so fully occupied in teaching he had to refuse to appear at recitals before the public after his second year, and the gain to the pupils has been a loss to the music-loving attendants at such high class musical recitals as are held throughout the season. Professor Griffith is a Republican politically, and a Unitarian de- nominationally. He is not married.
BROWN The early ancestors of the fam- ily herein described spelled the name with the final "e," or at least the town clerks and parish registers em- ployed that spelling. In the later generations the present form has been adopted. This fam- ily was early identified with the settlement of Maine, and has sent out from that state sturdy representatives who confer credit upon their parentage and nativity.
(I) Edward and Jane (Lide) Browne lived and died in the parish of Inkburrow, Worcestershire, England. The latter was a daughter of Thomas Lide.
(II) Nicholas, son of Edward and Jane (Lide) Browne, settled in Lynn, Massachu- setts, before 1638, and was one of the early planters of that town, residing in what is now Saugus, on the northwestern side of Saddler's Rock. He had two hundred ten acres granted by the town, west of the "Great River." He was made freeman in 1638, and served as deputy to the general court in 1641. In 1644 he removed to Reading, where he had a grant of two hundred acres from the town, and set- tled first on the east side of the Great Pond. He owned other lands in Reading and Lynn, including three hundred twenty-seven acres on the north side of Ipswich river, granted by Reading. In 1650 he was made a commis- sioner to try small causes, and was deputy to the general court in 1655-56 and 1661, and also served as selectman the same years. He was heir to the Lide property in England, and in 1660 sent his son, described in an Indian deed as "ye worshipful Mr. John Browne," to England, to look after the property. Nicholas Browne died in Reading in 1673, and his es- tate was valued at twelve hundred thirty-two pounds nine shillings. He was probably mar- ried before coming to America, and the Chris-
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tian name of his wife was Elizabeth. Both were admitted to the First Church of Reading, February 6, 1663. Children: John, Edward, Joseph, Sarah, Cornelius, Josiah and Eliza- beth.
(III) Joseph, third son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Browne, was born 1647, in Reading, and resided in that town. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of Thomas Bancroft. Chil- dren : Elizabeth, died young; Elizabeth, born 1676; Nicholas, mentioned below; Joseph, born 1679; Thomas, 1682; two in succession named Ebenezer, both of whom died young ; Hepzibegh, 1693.
(IV) Nicholas (2), son of Joseph and Eliz- abeth (Bancroft) Browne, was born in 1677, in Reading, and had a wife Rebecca. Among their sons was Captain Benjamin Browne, a distinguished officer of the revolutionary army.
(V) Jonathan, son of Nicholas (2) and Re- becca Browne, was born August 21, 1707, in Reading, and was a currier by occupation, re- siding in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was taxed in that town from 1733 to 1763, and bought and sold lands there at various times, indicating that he was a man of means. He removed to Concord in 1753, and probably re- sided there after that date. His wife's Chris- tian name was Dorcas. Children: Nicholas, died young; Jonathan, mentioned below ; Nicholas, born April 10, 1738; Thomas, June I, 1740; Martha, baptized December 19, 1742; Jacob; Mary; Rebecca and Hannah. Jacob and Jonathan settled in Maine.
(VI) Jonathan (2), eldest surviving son of Jonathan (I) and Dorcas Browne, was born April 14, 1736, in Charlestown, and was taxed there in 1758, and bought and sold lands in 1759. He left that town about 1762, and probably removed about that time to Bowdoin, Maine. He had a wife Ruth, who owned the covenant at the Charlestown church, August 6, 1758. They had two daughters born in Charlestown.
(VII) Jonathan (3), son of Jonathan (2) and Ruth Browne, was born about 1763, and was in early life a seaman, and later a farmer in Bowdoin, Maine. The first record of the name in Bowdoin appears in 1790, when Jon- athan is among the residents of that town. He died at the age of about sixty years. He married Jane Tarr; children : Jonathan, Jo- seph, Harriet, Susanna, Maria, Eleanor, Jane, and Deborah.
(VIII) Jonathan (4) eldest son of Jona- than (3) and Jane (Tarr) Brown, was born 1786, in Bowdoin, and was a sailor, and be-
came a master-mariner, following the sea un- til fifty years of age. He then settled on the paternal homestead in Bowdoin, and died there September 13, 1862. He was a Baptist in religion, and a Democrat in political prin- ciples. He married Elizabeth L. Alexander, a native of Bowdoin, and five of their seven children grew to maturity: I. Joseph, men- tioned below. 2. Robert, removed to Denver, Colorado. 3. John O., resided in Bowdoin. 4. Elizabeth, became the wife of Lorenzo Minot, of that town. 5. Alpheus M., also re- sided in Bowdoin.
(IX) Joseph, eldest son of Jonathan (4) and Elizabeth L. (Alexander) Brown, was born about 1820, in Bowdoin, and early went to sea and became a master mariner. He was washed overboard and drowned in the harbor of Rio Janeiro, in 1864. He married Lydia A. Merritt, of Brunswick, whose ancestors came from Scituate, Massachusetts. After marriage they settled in Topsham, Sagadahoc county, Maine, where their son, Augustus Horner, was born April 14, 1860.
(X) Augustus Horner, son of Captain Jo- seph and Lydia A. (Merritt) Brown, was brought up in Lewiston, Maine, where he at- tended the public schools, including the Latin school as preparatory to a college course. He was an undergraduate student at Harvard College in 1878-80, matriculated at Bowdoin College in 1880, and was graduated A. B. 1884, A. M. 1887, and at the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, New York City, M. D. 1890. He was a post-graduate student in the universities and hospitals of Paris and Lon- don 1890-91, and became medical examiner on the civil service board, State of Massachusetts, serving on that board for seventeen years, 1886-1902. He was then medical examiner for the civil service board of the City of New York 1888, and medical examiner of the Met- ropolitan Police, New York City, from 1900. He is a member of the Harvard Club, the New York City Club, and of the Maine Society of New York. Dr. Brown married, May 10, 1887, Mary Jeannette, daughter of Captain James Robson, of England, and they have no children. He resides at No. 262 West 136th street, New York City.
This family was very
SHERBURNE early planted in what is now New Hampshire, and is undoubtedly of English origin. It has been conspicuous in the settlement of that state as well as of Maine, and among others has con- tributed in no small measure to the growth
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and development of the best interests in that commonwealth.
(I) Henry Sherburne and wife, Rebecca Gibons, were located at Strawberrybank (now Portsmouth), New Hampshire, as early as 1638.
(II) Captain Samuel, son of Henry and Re- becca (Gibons) Sherburne, was born in 1638, at Portsmouth, and settled in Hampton, New Hampshire, where he kept the ordinary. He was engaged with the numerous wars with the Indians of his time, and was killed by them at Casco, Maine, August 4, 1691. He mar- ried, in December, 1668, Love, daughter of John and Frances Hutchins, at Haverhill, Massachusetts. She died in February, 1739, in Kensington. Their children were: Frances (died young), Elizabeth, Henry, Frances, John (died young), Margaret, Mary, Sarah, Samuel, Love, John, Achaicus, and a post- humous daughter whose name has not been recorded.
(III) John, fourth son of Captain Samuel and Love (Hutchins) Sherburne, was born February 2, 1688, in Portsmouth, and lived there until 1736, when he removed to Epping, New Hampshire. He married, November 12, 1713, Jane, daughter of Abraham (2) and Sarah (Hobbs) Drake, and granddaughter of Abraham (1) Drake, a pioneer of Hampton, and great-granddaughter of Robert Drake of Devon, England. She was born 1691. No record appears of her death or that of her husband. Their children were: Sarah, Mar- garet, Samuel, Jane, Love, Mary, Elizabeth and Jane.
(IV) John (2), second son of John (1) and Jane (Drake) Sherburne, was born Feb- ruary 2, 1723, in Hampton, and removed from what is now North Hampton to Northwood, New Hampshire, with his wife Sarah. His children were baptized from 1744 to 1754, namely : Sally, Benjamin, John, Betsy, and Deborah.
(V) Colonel John (3), second son of John (2) and Sarah Sherburne, was born about 1750, in Northwood. He probably came of his title through service in the militia, as he has no rank above private in the revolutionary rolls of New Hampshire. They show his name in the list of Captain Joseph Parson's company of militia November 22, 1775, and other lists show that he was a member of this company previous to that time. In the re- cruits for completing the Third New Hamp- shire regiment for the Continental army, en- listed previously, occurs the name of John Sherburne, mustered by Joseph Bartlett, at
Kingston, and credited with service from June 27 to December 12, that year. He was credited with ninety-nine miles of travel at Worcester. The family tradition relates that he passed his life in Northwood, but gives no record of his marriage. The vital statistics of New Hampshire fail to give any record either of his marriage or his children.
(VI) Benjamin, son of Colonel John Sher- burne, as shown by the family records, was born November 6, 1781, in Northwood, and died November 25, 1837. He was a celebrated school teacher of New Hampshire. He mar- ried, November 3, 1809, Nancy Durgin, born in Northwood, July 15, 1791, died November 8, 1862. Their children : Mary D., born April 25, 1810, died January 13, 1867; Sarah H., born December 20, 1813, died October 2, 1837 ; Samuel D., born October 20, 1815 (see for- ward) ; Nancy S., born August 5, 1818, died July 3, 1838; Nathaniel S., born June 3, 1823 (see forward) ; Frances Jane, born April 16, 1825.
(VII) Samuel Durgin, eldest son of Ben- jamin and Nancy (Durgin) Sherburne, was born October 20, 1815, and died April 26, 1876. He married Isabelle Pettengill, July 5, 1841. Their children were: I. Leroy D. Sun- derland, born March 4, 1843, died April 9, 1887. 2. Benjamin Franklin, born December 4, 1844, died in Revere, January 16, 1907, leaving three daughters and son Guy. 3. In- fant son, May 10, 1846. 4. Gardner Durgin, born October 29, 1847, living at present at Candia, New Hampshire ; is married, and has : Grace, died at the age of one year; Frederick Delbert, married, and lives in Lawrence, Mas- sachusetts; Vernon Wayland, died in 1902, aged twenty-five years; Grace Evelyn, now Mrs. George L. Rowe, of Candia, New Hamp- shire. 5. Samuel Durgin Jr., born December 10, 1849, died in Revere, May 1, 1905, leaving a widow; he had a son Stephen who died in early boyhood. 6. Sarah Isabelle, born Feb- ruary 3, 1853, still living (Mrs. Henry D. Stearns, Bradford, Vermont) ; has son Wal- ter. 7. Infant son, July 8, 1855.
(VII) Nathaniel S., second son of Benja- min and Nancy (Durgin) Sherburne, was born June 3, 1823, and died January 31, 1865. He received a good education in the schools of his native place, after which he mastered the carpenter trade, and also became a mill- wright. At the time of his death he had one of the mills at North Berwick, Maine. Al- though not a communicant, he was a regular attendant of the Baptist church, and acted po- litically with the old Democratic party. He
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married Lydia E. Thompson, born April 20, 1827, in Sanford, Maine; children: I. Nettie S., born November II, 1848, died February 18, 1905; she became the wife of Charles E. Mildram, who lives in Boston ; children : Helen F., born 1868, and Mabel Maud, born 1870. 2. Frank G., died less than a year old. 3. Sarah E. 4. Frank. 5. Fred S., born April 5, 1859.
(VIII) Fred S., youngest child of Na- thaniel S. and Lydia E. (Thompson) Sher- burne, was born April 5, 1859. At a very early age he went to work in the Sanford Mills. He engaged in the lumber business at Sanford in 1890, and has succeeded in building up an ex- tensive trade. He is an active and useful citizen of the town and interested in general progress. He is a firm believer in the prin- ciples of the Republican party. He has never sought or accepted any political position. He is a member of Sagamore Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, of Sanford, and Portland, Maine, Lodge of Elks.
The Southards are all de- SOUTHARD scended from the ancient Southworth family of Som- ersetshire and Lancashire, England, which de- rived its name from the Southworth estate, in the barony of Newton. The parent surname, which was Croft, originated in the same man- ner, and the first to assume it was Roger de Croft, falconer to John, Count of Mortain. This Roger, who died about the year 1255, was probably identical with Roger de Burton. The original Croft estate was located in West Derby Hundred. Gilbert de Croft, son of Hugh, acquired possession of the estates of Croft and Southworth from Gilbert de Croft, son of the above mentioned Roger, and ap- pears to have adopted the surname of South- worth. Sir John Southworth, a descendant of Gilbert (de Croft) Southworth, was of Sam- lesbury Hall, Lancashire, and his eldest son and heir, Thomas, was the father of Edward Southworth, of Leyden. The latter was the immediate progenitor of Constant and Thom- as, who transplanted the name in New Eng- land. Edward Southworth separated himself from the Established Church of England, and, joining the little flock of worshipers under the leadership of Rev. John Robinson, accom- panied them to Leyden, where he became a silk weaver. He was born about 1590, and died about "1621. May 28, 1613, he married Alice Carpenter, born about 1590, daughter of Alexander Carpenter, of Wrington, Somerset- shire. At Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Au-
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