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ited from his father and both his grandfathers made him an active participant in the na- tional campaign of 1876 and 1880, as well as in the state campaign of those eventful years. In 1881 victory attended the state guberna- torial campaign, and on the election of Harris M. Plaisted as governor he named young Hawthorne as a member of his military stati with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and he filled this position with dignity and honor up to the close of the administration of his chief, who was succeeded by Governor Robie in 1883. In 1885 his journalistic opportunity was presented and was seized upon when in company with John P. Varnum he established the Morning News at Jacksonville, Florida. He successfully conducted the newspaper for two years under the partnership then formed, and in May, 1887, he was largely instrumen- tal in organizing the Florida Printing and Publishing Company, with a capital of $100,- . 000, and when the corporation was organized he was made secretary and treasurer of the company, and the purpose of its organization was carried out by the purchase of the Morn- ing News and the Evening Herald, which two promising journals were consolidated as The News-Herald, and he was made associate editor of the consolidated newspaper. In the following May the Florida Printing and Pub- lishing Company, which meantime had changed its name to the Florida Publishing Company, purchased for $65,000 the Florida Times-Union, established in 1880 by Colonel Charles H. Jones, and which newspaper was the largest circulating in the state. The pub- lishing company retained its name, and that of the News-Herald became extinct, Colonel Hawthorne retaining his editorial position un- der the consolidation. The yellow fever epi- demic of 1888, that wrought so great havoc in the city of Jacksonville, did not spare the staff and force of the Times-Union, and during its reign of five months he held his post and saw every other member of the editorial staff and of the business staff as well, stricken with the disease, the editor-in-chief and city editor proving victims to the scourge; out of the sixty employees of the publication establish- ment many fled the city; and of those who stood at their posts over thirty had the fever, and five died of the dread plague. The death of Editor-in-Chief Martin early in October, 1888, forced Colonel Hawthorne to assume the entire editorial charge, and with his broken staff he not only carried on the paper, but performed the additional duties of con- ducting the news service of the Associated
Press for the entire state of Florida. In March, 1890, he was formally made managing editor of the Times-Union, and he conducted the editorial department up to December I, 1893, when he resigned to engage in general newspaper and magazine work, but continued his residence in Jacksonville. His political views had meantime undergone a radical change, and from a southern viewpoint and local policy pursued in the south, he became convinced that that section was making a mistake in holding to the relics of the past, especially in their support of the fallacy of free silver. In the summer and au- tumn of 1895 he visited his old home in Maine, and this visit resulted in his renuncia- tion of Democracy as represented by those who controlled the policy of the party, and he sought congenial political companionship in the Republican party. He espoused the can- didacy of Speaker Reed for the office of pres- ident of the United States, and early in Janu- ary, 1896, when about to undertake a journey to the far west to gain political information to strengthen his chosen candidate, he was offered the editorship of the New York Morn- ing Advertiser, and he accepted the editorial control of that journal and continued in charge of the great metropolitan journal up to the time of its sale to W. R. Hearst in 1897. Since then he has been managing editor of the Newark (New Jersey) Evening News and since January, 1900, has had charge of the editorial page and the editorial policy of the New York Commercial. Colonel Haw- thorne became affiliated with the Owl Club of Bath, Maine, the Seminole and Elks Club of Jacksonville, Florida, the Lotos Club of New York City; the New England Society in Florida, and the University Association of Florida. He was also made a member of the board of trade of Jacksonville, Florida. He was married, in Bath, Maine, January 27, 1887, to Eleanor Low, daughter of Hiram and Eleanor Low Turner, of that city, and their son, Hayden Thwing, was born in Jackson- ville, August 3, 1890.
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(For preceding generation see Thomas Hanson I.)
(II) Tobias, son of Thomas
HANSON Hanson, was born in Dover. His wife was captured by the Indians June 28, 1689; he was killed by the Indians May 10, 1693. Children, born at Dover: I. Tobias, mentioned below. 2. Jo- seph. 3. Benjamin, married Elizabeth Trask. (III) Tobias (2), son of Tobias (I) Han- son, was born in Dover. He was a Quaker,
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as were most of the Hansons of that section until later generations. He married (first) Lydia Canne (Kenney) ; (second) Ann Lord. Children, born in Dover: I. Benjamin. 2. Elizabeth, married Samuel Buxton. 3. Mercy, born August 4, 1699, married Stephen Varney. 4. Tobias, born 1702, mentioned be- low. 5. Judith, born February 7, 1703, mar- ried Samuel Twombly. 6. Joseph, born Jan- uary 10, 1704, married Rebecca Shepard, Sarah Scammon and Susanna Burnam. 7. Nathaniel. 8. Isaac, married Susanna Can- ney. 9. Samuel. 10. Aaron.
(IV) Tobias (3), son of Tobias (2) Han- son, was born in Dover in 1702; married, De- cember 22, 1726, Judith Varney, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Otis) Varney. She was born April 1I, 1710. (See Varney III.) Tobias died August 27, 1765. He married (second) Sarah Frye. Children, born in Dover: I. Anne, married Cartland. 2. Mary, born about 1732, died 1798, married Jedidiah Varney, son of Jedidiah Varney. (See Varney V.) 3. Elizabeth, married Reu- ben Tuttle. 4. Aaron, married Abigail Col- well. 5. Patience. 6. Moses, married Mary Hanson. 7. Mercy.
(For first generation see Lemuel Rich 1.)
(II) Joel, son of Lemuel and Eliza- RICH beth (Harding) Rich, was born at Truro, Massachusetts, between 1750 and 1760, and when quite young re- moved to Gorham, Maine, with his parents, about 1762. He was a soldier in the revolu- tionary war, and for this service received a United States pension. When a young man he removed to North Yarmouth, Maine, thence to Buckfield, and about 1800 settled in Jackson, Maine, making the journey with an ox team, this mode of travel being quite usual in those days. He died about 1835, at the home of his son Joseph, at Jackson, Maine. His wife was Elizabeth Cates, who died in 1853, aged ninety-one years, at the home of Hamlin Roberts, who married her grand- daughter, Mary Ann Rich. They became the parents of five daughters and nine sons, all of whom lived to maturity and eight of them to be more than eighty years old; of the nine sons none of them partook of intoxicants, and but two used tobacco.
(III) Joseph, son of Joel and Elizabeth (Cates) Rich, was born in Buckfield, Maine, about 1790, died at Jackson, Maine, about 1868. He was an earnest member of the Freewill Baptist church, of which he was a
deacon. He was a successful farmer, and a man of sterling worth. He married Judith Jackson, who died in Belfast, Maine, about 1892, aged about ninety-four years. Their daughters were: Mary Ann and Emeline, any one of their sons, John, was born Septem- her 26, 1780. Emeline Rich died December 19, 1893, at Stockton, Maine; she was the wife of Barnabas M. Roberts, representative from Stockton to the Maine legislature, and for two years during the civil war state sen- ator from Waldo county, also collector of cus- toms at Belfast, Maine.
(IV) Mary Ann, daughter of Joseph and Judith (Jackson) Rich, was born in Jackson, Maine, about 1805, and died in 1877, at East Dixfield, Maine. She married, in 1835, Ham- lin Myrick Roberts, and married (second) in 1859, Rev. Dexter Waterman, at Unity, Maine. (For children of Hamlin Myrick and Mary Ann (Rich) Roberts, see Roberts VIII.)
HILL Who was the immigrant ancestor of the family of this article is a matter about which considerable has been written, and which is still a matter of uncertainty.
(I) John Hill, of Dover, lived in that part of Dover once called Oyster River, now Dur- ham, New Hampshire. He was grand jury- man in 1668 and in 1671. He was taxed in 1684, after which he is not mentioned. The time and place of his death is not known. He may have been identical with John Hill, of Boston, who married Elizabeth Strong, Janu- ary 16, 1656. The fore name of the wife of John Hill of this sketch was Elizabeth; her surname is not known. Their children so far as known were: Joseph, Samuel, John, Ben- jamin and Hannah.
(II) Samuel, second son of John and Eliz- abeth Hill, was probably born in 1659. He bought land in Eliot in 1686, and also owned real estate in Portsmouth. His will, dated Au- gust 28, 1713, was probated March 28, 1723. He married, October 28, 1680, Elizabeth Wil- liams, of Oyster River, daughter of William and Mary Williams. Their children were : John, Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah, Abigail, Sam- uel, Sarah, Benjamin and Joseph.
(III) Benjamin, second son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Williams) Hill, was born July 2, 1703. He married, January 12, 1726, Mary Neal, daughter of Andrew and Catherine (Furbish) Neal. Their thirteen children were: John, Eunice, Mary, James, Catherine,
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Elizabeth, Benjamin, Abigail (died young), Andrew (died young), Andrew, Abigail, Daniel and Anne.
(IV) James, second son of Benjamin and Mary (Neal) Hill, born December 20, 1734, was an officer in the French and Indian war, and kept a diary which is still preserved. He married first, January 1, 1761, Sarah, daugh- ter of Dr. Edmund and Shuah (Bartlett) Coffin; (second) Sarah Hoyt, widow of John Burleigh, Jr. He was the father of fourteen children-five by the first wife and nine by the second, as follows: Daniel, Sarah, Mary, James, Apphia (died young), Hannah, John Burleigh, Joseph Hoyt, Benjamin, Deborah, Apphia, Mehitable Burleigh, Olive Bridge and Amos Shepherd.
(V) Joseph Hoyt, third child of James and Sarah (Hoyt) Hill, was born January 16, 1778. He married Betsey Jackson Watson. Their daughter, Elizabeth Hamilton Watson, married, June 28, 1842, Silas Turner.
GODFREY The surname Godfrey is of ancient English origin, de- rived obviously from the still more ancient personal name. Several of the family settled early in Massachusetts. Fran- cis is mentioned below; John came in the ship "Mary and John," sailing March 24, 1638, from England, and settled in Newbury and Andover; was accused of witchcraft March I, 1659 ; he was born in 1611. William Godfrey, progenitor of many of the Maine and New Hampshire families, was admitted a freeman at Watertown, Massachusetts, May 13, 1640; removed to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he bought land in 1648; was deacon of the Hampton church and a prominent citizen ; be- queathed to wife Margerie, sons John and Isaac, daughters Sarah and Deborah, and son- in-law, Webster. Richard Godfrey, doubtless a relative of Francis Godfrey, set- tled in Taunton, Massachusetts, as early as 1652, and died there in 1691; married a daughter of John Turner; had sons Richard, John, Robert, daughters Jane, Alice and Su- sanna.
(I) Francis Godfrey, immigrant ancestor, was born in England about 1600. He settled first at Duxbury as early as 1638, when he re- ceived a grant of land there, laid out October 28, 1640. His name is on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643. He is mentioned in the inventory of John Hill, of Boston, in 1646. He removed to Marshfield and thence to Bridgewater. His will dated October 29, 1666, calls himself "an aged inhabitant of the
town." His will was proved July 30, 1669, bequeathing to wife Elizabeth, daughter Eliza- beth Cary and son-in-law John, grandchil- dren John and Elizabeth, and servants John Pitcher and Richard Jennings. He had prop- erty at Providence and Bridgewater.
(II) Captain Benjamin Godfrey, of Chat- ham, Massachusetts, probably a descendant of Francis Godfrey, was born about 1725-30. He was a soldier in the revolution, captain of the first company, Colonel Joseph Doane's regi- ment (Second Barnstable) in 1776; captain in Colonel John Cushing's regiment in 1776 and in Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment in 1777; also major of the Second Barnstable regiment in 1780. He is believed to be the same Ben- jamin Godfrey who was living at Gouldsbor- ough, Hancock county, Maine, according to the federal census of 1790. In his family were four males over sixteen, one under six- teen, and five females. The Godfrey family of this sketch settled first at Gouldsborough. Peter, Ichabod, Daniel and John Godfrey, all perhaps sons of Benjamin, were soldiers in the revolution from Gouldsborough. In 1790 Ichabod was living at the plantation west of Machias and had a son under sixteen and three females in his family. Daniel lived at the same place and appears to have had a house, but no family.
(IV) Otis S., grandson of Benjamin God- frey, of Gouldsborough, was born about 1800 and settled at Cherryfield, Maine. He was a ship builder, but died at twenty-seven years of age. He was a very successful man, and at this time had amassed a fortune of ten thousand dollars. He owned the first span of horses in Cherokee, Maine. He married Sa- rah Shaw Nichels, born 1801, died 1894, daughter of Alexander Nichels, of Scotch- Irish ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey had the following named children : Martha, El- vira D., Otis S., mentioned below. After the death of Mr. Godfrey his widow married Thomas Milliken, and had children : Napoleon B., drowned at two years of age; Josephine B. and Mary A. Milliken.
(V) Otis S. (2), son of Otis S. (I) God- frey, was born in Cherryfield, Maine, near Gouldsborough, May 8, 1827. He was for many years engaged in the coal and lumber business in Cherryfield. He removed to Mil- ton, Massachusetts, and was a partner in the firm of Lewis & Godfrey, which bought the lumber business of George K. Gannett, of Milton, January 1, 1871. Mr. Lewis retired from the firm in January, 1872, and Mr. God- frey continued the business alone until 1881,
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when his son Nathan was admitted to partner- ship under the firm name of O. S. Godfrey & Son. After his death, September 22, 1883, F. M. Robinson became a member of the lum- ber firm, and later Samuel Morse became a member of the firm. He married Susan Eliza- beth Lawrence, born January 13, 1827, died July 24, 1902, daughter of James Parker and Mary Alline Lawrence. James Parker was born in Cherryfield, where he later owned a small lumber and shingle mill, and where he spent his entire life, dying at an advanced age. James and Mary Alline (Lawrence) Parker had four children: Wellington; Amy, mar- ried Woodbury Leighton, of Harrington, Maine, where she still resides, a widow; Su- san Elizabeth Lawrence and Albert. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey : Lester Noble, born January 2, 1850, married, March 28, 1881, Harriet Wilbur, daughter of Arthur T. Wil- bur; he founded the L. N. Godfrey Lumber Company of Boston; children: i. Arthur W., born June 10, 1883; ii. Frank H., February 1, 1890; iii. Bertha L., February 13, 1896. 2. Martha Ella, born December 19, 1852, died in childhood. 3. Martha Ella, born December 19, 1854, died at nine years of age. 4. Jessie, born January 4, 1856, mentioned below. . 5. Alice, born August 19, 1859, married Charles H. Emery, of Ellsworth, Maine; had two sons, the first of whom died before being named, and the second, Edward Greeley, also died in infancy. 6. Nathan, married Georgi- anna Meserve Twombly; children: i. Otis, married Inez Hudnell; ii. Florence, married Henry L. Burdick; one child, Florence J. Burdick. 7. Bertha Lawrence, born Novem- ber 6, 1862, married James Hutchinson ; chil- dren: i. Earle, born October 3, 1883; ii. Alice, October 30, 1886.
(VI) Jessie Godfrey, daughter of Otis S. Godfrey, was born in Cherryfield, January 4, 1856. She married, November 3, 1877, Sam- uel A. Morse, born in Machias, Maine, March 12, 1855, son of Samuel A. Morse, a native of Machias, and grandson of Samuel A. Morse, who was born in Carroll county, New York, came to Machias as one of the early settlers, taught school a number of years, and later en- gaged in the lumber business. He became a prominent man of that town; he resided in a house which is still owned by Mrs. Samuel A. Morse ; he was a member of the Masonic fra- ternity ; he married Abigail O'Brien. Samuel A. Morse (father) was also engaged in the lumber business; he married Christiana Milli- ken; children: Maria, Jessie, Frank and Samuel A. ; he died in October, 1854, and his
wife in 1876. Samuel A. Morse, son of the aforementioned couple, was reared in Boston, Massachusetts, where he came at the age of eight years; graduated from the Brimmer school, was a bookkeeper for a time, later en- gaged in the artificial flower business, then with Mr. Brown in the hat business, after which he entered the firm of Godfrey & Sons, where he still remains. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Morse: I. Samuel A. Jr., born Sep- tember 17, 1878, died in infancy. 2. Susan, born March 16, 1881, married Carleton Cush- ing Lane and resides in Quincy; one child, born July 24, 1908. 3. Harold L., born De- cember 16, 1884, died 1888. 4. Dorothy, born July 1. 1890. 5. Richard, born June 1, 1898.
FABYAN The Fabyan name originated in the southwest part of France, in Touloude, Beadeaux
and Saint Mincet. Several families of the name now reside there. About five hundred years ago, during the reign of Henry III, they went from France to Abington, Berks county, England. Many of them are farmers cultivating their own land in Abington and adjoining towns, some seventy miles or so from London.
(I) The first of the name to come to this country was John Fabyan (also spelled Fabian), who was born in England, in the year 1681. He came to America in early life and settled in the town of Newington, New Hampshire. He was by trade a tailor and draper, and for many years a justice of the peace. He married Mary Pickering. They had seven children: Samuel, married (first) a Nutter; (second) a Huntress, and (third) a Berry (two sons, John and Samuel) ; John, never married; Joseph (q. v.) ; Elizabeth, married a Downing; Mary, married a Wood- man; Phebe, married a Furber, and Mehit- able, married a Walker. He died March 30, 1756, aged seventy-five years. In a published sermon preached by Rev. Joseph Adams (great-uncle of President John Adams) in 1757, in memory of John Fabyan, Esquire (to be found in the library of the Massachu- setts Historical Society) appears the follow- ing reference (page 15) :
"They that would get Good by the Death of good Men, should be so far affected with their Death as to call to Mind their Virtues and good Actions ; and endeavor an Imitation of them: And this I would advise you that are the sorrowful children and Relatives of the Deceased to do. I have left off for some Time to give much of a character to any Per-
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son for special Reasons: but this I must say in Justice to the Dead, and in Love and Re- spect to the Living, That your tender and honoured Father was a Righteous Man in the Sense of my Text; and has proved it to my knowledge for more than forty years. He was too a Man of an unstained character and extensive usefulness in the several Stations and Relations in which he was placed by Providence. Therefore you need not mourn as without Hope : but should be duly affected at so great a Loss to you, though Gain to him. And my Advice to you is, to tread in his Steps ; to follow him as he follow'd Christ. I conclude with Psal. XXXVII, Mark the perfect Man, and behold the upright, for the end of that Man is Peace."
In his will dated August 6, 1748, he gave most of his property to his son Samuel (who was also the executor of the will) except a legacy of "30 pounds of old tenor bills of pub- lic credit" to each of the other children and to his wife, Mary Fabyan, "a comfortable support and maintainance during her life" in- cluding a life interest in a dwelling house and household goods, ordering his executor "to take all necessary and reasonable care to make her life easy and comfortable."
(II) Joseph, son of John Fabyan, was born in Newington, New Hampshire, April 1, 1707. About 1730 (after the Indian wars subsided) he, with his brother, Captain John Fabyan, went to Scarboro from Newington. In Scar- boro they purchased about six hundred acres of land. and built a saw-mill and other build- ings necessary for their comfort. Captain John was reputed to be a forceful man, some- what rough in his manners. He was never married. Joseph was of a more quiet dispo- sition. and an active church member. He joined the First Parish Church in Scarboro, May 10, 1730 (see records of Congregational church at Black Point, Scarboro, Maine). He afterwards took his dismissal from the First Parish and was one of the original signers of the Second Parish Church covenant when organized, March 20, 1744.
The two brothers lived together on the old Fabyan farm still held by their descendants. It was originally a large tract. Conveyances from the proprietors of Scarboro to them show large holdings of real estate. Traces of their mill may still be seen. The inscriptions on the ancient gravestones (in Dunstan ceme- tery, Scarboro, Maine) show that Captain John Fabyan died June 3, 1782, aged 77 years 6 months, and that Mr. Joseph Fabyan died March 15, 1789, aged 81 years 11 months.
In October, 1739, Joseph Fabyan married Mary Brackett, of Greenland, New Hamp- shire (see Brackett genealogy, by Herbert I. Brackett, 1907, page 92). Mary (Brackett) Fabyan was born about 1716. She was a prominent member of the Second Parish Church of Scarboro, of which her husband was one of the organizers in 1744. She died May 1, 1800. Their children were: Joshua (q. v.) ; Mary, baptized February 2, 1746, married (first) December 20, 1768, John Brackett, (second) Pelatiah March; Elizabeth, baptized July 19, 1748, married, December 16, 1786, William Haggett; Phebe, baptized July I, 1750, married, December 2, 1767, Nicholas Dennett; Mehitable, baptized June 28, 1752, married, December 20, 1770, James Brackett ; Olive, born October 23, 1755, married, March 24, 1774, Charles Moulton.
(III) Joshua, only son of Joseph and Mary (Brackett) Fabyan, was born in Scarboro, Maine, in March, 1742. He was baptized in the First Parish Church of Scarboro, March 27, 1743 (see Congregational Church records at Black Point, Scarboro, Maine). He re- ceived mill properties and lands from his father and from his uncle, Captain John Fabyan, and was reputed to be wealthy. He early became prominent in public affairs. He was a member of the county convention held at Falmouth, September 21, 1774, to endorse resistance to Stamp Act, etc. He was one of the selectmen of Scarboro in 1775-79-81. In 1775 he was appointed receiver of taxes under Henry Gardiner, colonial treasurer. He was a member of Massachusetts general court in 1776. Is reputed to have raised a company for the siege of Boston by request of General Washington in 1776. Paul Ellis was captain of this company, but the muster rolls are lost. He was appointed by the general court one of the committee for Cumberland county to raise men to go to Canada in 1776. (See Massachusetts Revolutionary War Archives, Vol. 28, page 94.) He was one of the justices of the court of general sessions for Cumber- land county from October 31, 1775, to April, 1797. He was a member of the committee of correspondence and safety for Cumberland county in 1782. He was one of the overseers of Bowdoin College, being appointed in 1794, the year of the passage of the bill establish- ing the college. He resigned in 1798. On January 9, 1766, he married Sarah Brackett, of Portland (see Brackett genealogy, "Issue of Anthony Brackett, of Portland," page 414), born April 9, 1740. He and his wife joined the Second Parish Church, August 9,
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1766. They lived on the Fabyan farm in Scarboro, near the spot where the Ezra Carter house now stands. Squire Fabyan was one of the prominent men of the province in his time, and was intimate in business and social affairs with the Kings, Southgates and other noted men. (See letter of Dr. Southgate to Richard King in History of Scarboro.) He died June 20, 1799, and (with his wife Sa- rah) is buried in the old graveyard. The in- scription on his gravestone (in Dunstan ceme- tery, Scarboro, Maine) reads: "Joshua Fabyan, Esquire, died June 20, 1799, aged 57 years 3 months. A true patriot and Just Judge." Their children were: I. John (2), born November 1, 1766, married Sally Brack- ett, January 1, 1789, lived on part of his fath- er's farm in Scarboro marked by trees near the house of Joseph C. Snow. He sold his farm to his brother Joshua and removed to Leeds, Androscoggin county, Maine, with his sons Joshua, George, Oliver and John (3), who settled on farms near each other. The latter son John (3) married Julia Jackson, of Portland, and their son, Charles H., who served with distinction throughout the civil war, in the 17th Maine Regiment, died in Portland, in November, 1901. Charles H. married Henrietta (Merry) Waterhouse (who died in April, 1901) ; and three of their chil- dren are now living, viz .: Harry C., a law- yer practicing in Boston; Alvah H., residing in Portland, and Alice M. (married Roy Mosher) residing in Cumberland Centre, Maine. Horace, another son of John (2), built and for many years conducted the Fabyan House in the White Mountains. 2. Joseph, born April 23, 1768, never married. 3. Samuel, born July 6, 1770, died when a young man, unmarried. 4. George, born March 29, 1773, was a shipmaster and died in South Carolina (?), from which state he wrote a letter stating that he expected to re- turn in his own ship, but was never after- ward heard from. 5. Sarah, born April 8, 1775, married October 1, 1797, Ezra Carter, and died in 1845. 6. Mary, died in early childhood, September 12, 1778. 7. Joshua (2) (q. v.). He died at his farm homestead June 20, 1799, and (with his wife Sarah) is buried in the Dunstan cemetery in Scarboro, Maine. The inscription on her gravestone states that she died August 29, 1820, aged 80 years 3 months.
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