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Mr. Hastings married, September 29, 1868, Eugenia L. D. Roberts, daughter of James G.
Roberts, of Hanover, Maine. Children : I. Mabel, born in Bethel, August 29, 1869, mar- ried Ernest M. Skinner, of Dorchester, Mas- sachusetts. 2. Harold, born in Bethel, April 5, 1873, was educated in Bethel and for four years was a student at Kent's Hill school, later taking a collegiate course at Wesleyan University (classical department), Middleton, Connecticut, and was educated for the profes- sion of law in Boston Law School. He was admitted to the bar in both Maine and Mas- sachusetts, and is now engaged in general practice in Boston. He married, June 30, 1903, Euphemia Dick Inglis, who died April 22, 1908; one child, Euphemia Dick Hastings, born April 21, 1908. 3. Edith, born in Bethel,
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April 22, 1884, graduated from Gould Acad- emy, Bethel, and the Emerson School of Ora- tory, Boston; now teacher of physical culture and oratory in Superior, Wisconsin.
(For early generations see preceding sketch.) (VII) Captain Timothy, son HASTINGS of General Amos and Eliza- beth (Wiley) Hastings, was born October 31, 1791, and died in Bethel, Maine, March II, 1844. His home was on the north side of the river below Maysville, and he was engaged chiefly in farming pur- suits. He was for many years one of the officers of the town and was a member of the state legislature for several terms. His wis- dom and sound judgment brought many to him for advice. His house was ever open to ministers of the gospel, and he was generous to all who needed assistance. Captain Hast- ings married Hannah, daughter of Josiah Bean, and by her had six children: I. Mary, born December 5, 1810, married, October 16, 1832, Leander Jewett. 2. Timothy, born Oc- tober 16, 1814, died August 21, 1880; mar- ried, November 28, 1838, Sarah A. Stowe. 3. Cyrene, born April 12, 1818, died January 26, 1860; married, July 1, 1838, Orange C. Frost. 4. O'Niel R., born July 17, 1822, married, April 4, 1845, Mary Ann Small. 5. Sarah Jane Straw, born June 25, 1828, married (first) Albert Small, (second) Hon. Charles W. Walton. 6. St. John, born March 12, 1832. (VIII) St. John, son of Captain Timothy and Hannah (Bean) Hastings, was born in Bethel, Maine, March 12, 1832. He was a farmer and lived on the old homestead near the mouth of Sunday river. Like his father he was generous and hospitable, a staunch friend and a worthy citizen. He married, May 15, 1853; Elizabeth Wyman, daughter of Josiah and Betsey (Carter) Atherton, of Wa- terford, Maine. They had eight children : I. Fannie Carter, born January 6, 1855. 2. Maria Atherton, born December 24, 1857. 3. Sarah Straw, born December 10, 1859. 4. Major William, born August 25, 1861. 5. Henry Harmon, born March 25, 1865, gradu- ated from Bowdoin College, 1890, teacher, 1891-1900; lawyer, residing at the old home- stead; member of the state house of repre- sentatives in 1905, and of the state senate 1907 and 1909. 6. Charles Harris, born No- vember 6, 1867. 7. Cora Walton, born Janu- ary 29, 1872, died August 6, 1899; gradu- ate of Bates College, 1894. 8. Carrie Jewett, born August 1, 1875.
(IX) Charles Harris, son of St. John and
Elizabeth Wyman (Atherton) Hastings, was born in Bethel, Maine, November 6, 1867, and received his elementary and secondary educa- tion in Bethel public schools and Gould Acad- emy, and his higher literary education in Bow- doin College, from which he graduated in 1891. After leaving college he spent four years in post-graduate work in social science and history at Johns Hopkins University and Chicago University. He then took up library work in the departmental li- braries of Chicago University, where he re- mained until 1899. In December of that year he accepted a position at the Library of Con- gress and is now chief of the card section there. On September 5, 1895, Mr. Hastings married Alice Duncan, daughter of Captain Albert and Helen (Dunlap) Otis, of Bruns- wick, Maine. Captain Otis was a master ma- riner. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings have four children : I. George Sands, born July 27, 1899. 2. Atherton, born February 14, 1901. 3. Helen, born June 2, 1904. 4. Elizabeth, born January 24, 1906.
This ancient patronymic is sup- DUNN posed to be derived from the Gaelic dun, meaning a heap, hill, mount; and by metonymy, a fortress, castle, tower. Another origin would be from the Saxon dunn, signifying brown, swarthy. The former derivation is favored by the coat-of- arms. The illustrious Irish family of Dunne have as their heraldric blazon: Azure, an eagle displayed, or. Crest: In front of a holly bush a lizard passant, or. Motto: Mul- lach abu (The summit forever). The name was anciently written O'Duin, whence come the forms Doyne, Dun, Dunn and Dunne. In England and Ireland there are many people of . prominence bearing this surname; among them Albert Edward Dunn, member of parlia- ment ; Right Rev. A. H. Dunn, bishop of Que- bec ; and some surgeons of eminence and offi- cers in the army and navy. Among contem- porary Americans are Jesse James Dunn, a Democratic politician and associate justice of the supreme court of Oklahoma; Mrs. Martha Baker Dunn, the writer of Hallowell, Maine; Edward Joseph Dunne, the bishop of Dallas, Texas; and Finley Peter Dunne, the immortal Mr. Dooley.
The earliest American pioneer of the name of Dunn appears to be Richard, who was a freeman at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1655; and served as deputy in 1681, 1705-7-8-9-1I. William Dunn, born in the north of Ireland, came to Pennsylvania in 1769, served in the
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revolution, and founded Dunnstown in Clinton county ; he left a numerous posterity. There were many of the name in New England by the middle of the eighteenth century, for no less than forty-nine Dunns are found on the Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls.
(I) Peter Dunn, the first of this line of whom we have definite knowledge, was born in Gorham, Cumberland county, Maine, about 1780, and settled at Dunn's Corner, now Mount Vernon, Maine. His father is sup- posed to have come from Salem, Massachu- setts, but no records can be found; and his grandfather was one of the Scotch-Irish im- migrants, who have contributed brain, brawn and character to this country. Both the father and the grandfather served in the revolution. Peter Dunn followed the occupation of farmer and carpenter and lived and died at Mount Vernon. He married Dolly Bartlett: chil- dren: I. Joshua, born March 17, 1805. 2. Elvira, July 25, 1810. 3. Elbridge G., Octo- ber 14, 1812, whose sketch follows. 4. Rich- ard, February 9, 1815. 5. Peter, May 9, 1817. 6. Sarah, August, 1820. 7. Albion K. P., Jan- uary, 1821. 8. William P., February 25, 1823. (II) Elbridge G., third child of Peter and Dolly (Bartlett) Dunn, was born at Mount Vernon, Maine, October 14, 1812, and died at Saint John, New Brunswick, September 24, 1900. He remained at home till nineteen years of age when he went to Frederickton, where he worked as carpenter. In 1839 he moved to Fort Fairfield, Aroostook county, and was en- gaged in the construction of the barracks. He subsequently took up his abode in Ashland, where he was engaged in farming and lum- bering until 1867, when he went to Saint John, New Brunswick, where he was engaged in the milling and lumbering business on an exten- sive scale until his retirement, a short time be- fore his death at the goodly age of eighty- eight. Mr. Dunn was a very successful busi- ness mah, and accumulated a handsome prop- erty. In disposition he was modest and retir- ing, and had no time to engage in politics. About 1846 Elbridge G. Dunn married Lou- isa, daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Lovejoy) Brackett, of Ashland, Maine. She was born July 25, 1821, and died at Saint John, New Brunswick, December 21, 1894. (See Brack- ett, VIII.) Children : I. Caroline S. 2. George Bancroft, whose sketch follows. 3. Mary L., married Edward J. Johnson, who is engaged in the insurance business in Win- chester, Massachusetts. 4. Elbridge G. (2), who died January 4, 1904.
(III) George Bancroft, elder son of El-
bridge G. and Louisa (Brackett) Dunn, was born at Ashland, Maine, June 18, 1849. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and spent one year at Houlton Academy and one year at the Institute of Technology, Bos- ton. From 1866 to 1868 he was engaged in a business office in the latter city, and then re- moved to Saint John, New Brunswick, where he worked for his father in the mill and in the woods until he engaged in the lumber business on his own account. For many years George B. Dunn was a large lumber oper- ator and manufacturer, having mills in Saint John, and doing a big logging business. Of late years he has dealt chiefly in standing tim- ber, owning immense tracts of land, and sell- ing the trees to those who would cut and log them. Nobody in Aroostook county has been more prosperous in a business way than Mr. Dunn, and nobody has more friends. He is a director of the Presque Isle National Bank, and also of the First National Bank of Houl- ton, Maine. He belongs to Houlton Lodge, No. 835, Brotherhood of the Protective Order of Elks, and attends the Unitarian church. On September 19, 1877, George Bancroft Dunn married Lucinda Rich, daughter of André and Delia (Rich) Cushing, who was born at Frankfort, Maine, in 1851. (See Cushing below.) Children, born in the parish of Lancaster, Saint John, New Brunswick : I. Louise Cushing, July 7, 1878, was gradu- ated from Radcliffe College in 1901, and mar- ried, August 2, 1905, Robert William Sawyer (2), son of Robert William and Martha (Paul) Sawyer, of Bangor, Maine. Mr. Saw- yer was graduated from Harvard University, and from Harvard Law School, and is now a practicing lawyer in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer have children: Robert W. (3) and a child unnamed. 2. Deborah Briggs, May 14, 1880, married Dr. H. M. Chapman, of Bangor, Maine; one child, George D. Chap- man. 3. George Elbridge, March 22, 1883, is in business with his father.
Lucinda Rich (Cushing) Dunn was a de- scendant of William Cushing (I), through Thomas (2), William (3), John (4), Thomas (5), Peter (6), Matthew (7), which see else- where, and (8) Daniel Cushing, eldest child of Matthew and Nazareth (Pitcher) Cushing, was baptized in Hingham, England, April 20, 1619, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts, December 3, 1700. In 1638 he embarked with his parents and their four younger children in the ship "Diligent," which sailed from Grave- send, April 26, and landed at Boston, August IO. The party at once proceeded to Hingham,
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Daniel Cushing lived and died. He was a man of considerable prominence and served as selectman in 1665, and for many years after- ward. He became a freeman in 1671, was an active magistrate and for many years town clerk. He filled the latter office most effi- ciently, and by his complete and accurate rec- ords has rendered invaluable service to the an- tiquarian. He was delegate to the general court in 1680-82-95 ; and from 1682 and there- after he kept a country store. A work has been published, styled "Extracts from the Minutes of Daniel Cushing, of Hingham," with a pho- tograph of his manuscript, etc., Boston, Press of John Wilson and Son, 1865.
Daniel Cushing was twice married, but his children were all by first wife. She was Lydia Gilman, daughter of Edward and Mary (Clark) Gilman, and was born in England, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts, March 12, 1689. They were married January 19, 1645, and the children were: I. Peter, March 29, 1646. 2. Daniel, July 23, 1648. 3. De- borah, November 13, 1651. 4. Jeremiah, July 3, 1654. 5. Theophilus, whose sketch fol- lows. 6. Matthew, July 15, 1660. On March 23, 1691, Daniel Cushing married (second) Mrs. Elizabeth Thaxter, widow of Captain John Thaxter, and daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jacob. She was born in England in 1632, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts, November 24, 1725.
(9) Theophilus, fourth son of Daniel and Lydia (Gilman) Cushing, was born at Hing- ham, Massachusetts, June 7, 1657, and died January 7, 1718. He was a farmer, and lived on Main street, South Hingham. He was se- lectman in 1697-1707-15; representative 1702- 04-07-13. Theophilus Cushing was united in marriage, November 28, 1688, to Mary Thax- ter, daughter of his step-mother by her first husband, Captain John Thaxter. She was born August 19, 1667, and after Mr. Cush- ing's death married, January II, 1722, Captain Joseph Herrick, of Beverly, Massachusetts; she died in 1737. Children, born at Hingham, Massachusetts : I. Nehemiah, July 18, 1689. 2. Mary, February 9, 1691, died at Boston, August 8, 1699. 3. Adam, January 1, 1693. 4. David, December, 1694. 5. Abel, October 24, 1696. 6. Rachel, August 17, 1698, died September 9, 1699. 7. Mary, September 26, 1701, died August 30, 1716. 8. Theophilus (2), whose sketch follows. 9. Seth, Decem- ber 13, 1705. 10. Deborah, September 26, 1707, died November 20, 1730. II. Lydia, February 13, 1710, died before her father.
(10) Theophilus (2), fifth son of Theo-
philus (1) and Mary (Thaxter.) Cushing, was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, June 16, 1703, and died June 15, 1779. He lived on the paternal homestead at South Hingham, was a farmer and mill owner, and for many years held the offices of constable and select- man. On September 18, 1723, Theophilus (2) Cushing married Hannah, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Lewis) Waterman, who was born at Hingham, May 22, 1704. Chil- dren : I. Pyam, August 8, 1725. 2. Emma, March 17, 1728. 3. Tamar, March 6, 1730, married Elijah Cushing. 4. Tamsen, July 19, 1733, died February 22, 1736. 5. Theophilus, June 14, 1737, died November 25, 1738. 6. Tamsen, October 28, 1739, died November 15 of that year. 7. Theophilus (3), whose sketch follows. 8. Hannah, January, 1744, died Feb- ruary I, 1745. 9. Perez, July 13, 1746.
(II) General Theophilus (3), third son of Theophilus (2) and Hannah (Waterman) Cushing, was born at Hingham, Massachu- setts, December 5, 1740, and died March II, 1820. He was the third of the name to live on the paternal homestead at South Hingham, and beside his farm was the owner of a saw and grist mill. He was a man of prominence and distinction and held much public office. General Cushing was selectman in 1778-79-80, and again in 1796 and 1803; was representa- tive in 1776-82-83-85-86-87-88, also in 1794; and a member of the state senate in 1795-96. He was an officer in the revolution, serving as clerk in Captain Pyam Cushing's company, Colonel Solomon Lovel's regiment, in 1776; as second lieutenant in Captain Heman Lincoln's company, Colonel Lovel's regiment, and was later made a brigadier-general. General The- ophilus (3) Cushing married, April 6, 1768, Patience, daughter of Peter and Hannah (Dunbar) Dunbar, who was born at Hing- ham, July 1, 1739, and died May 13, 1822. Children : I. Theophilus, born May 3, 1770, died a young man. 2. Emma, January 17, 1772, married Bela Tower. 3. Hannah, Jan- uary 17, 1774. 4. Washington, January 3, 1776. 5. Nehemiah, whose sketch follows. 6. Tamsen, May 28, 1779.
(12) Nehemiah, third son of General The- ophilus (3) and Patience (Dunbar) Cushing, was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, June I, 1777, and died June 27, 1829. He wa's of the fourth generation to live on Main street, South Hingham, where he carried on the occupation of farmer and tanner. On January 15, 1800, he married Deborah Briggs, of Milton, Mas- sachusetts, who died at Hingham, May 16, 1832, aged fifty-one years. Children: I. De-
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borah Barker, born January 31, 1801. 2. The- ophilus, June 28, 1802. 3. Nehemiah, April 18, 1804. 4. Peter, May 10, 1806. 5. Ben- jamin Barker, September 29, 1808. 6. Wil- liam, September 21, 1810, died in 1835. 7. Seth Briggs, September 18, 1812. 8. Rebecca Partridge, February 14, 1815. 9. Abigail, 1817, died unmarried, 1845. IO. André, whose sketch follows. II. Harriet Briggs, 1822, died unmarried at Winterport, Maine, 1876. 12. Volney, October 5, 1826.
(13) André, seventh son of Nehemiah and Deborah (Briggs) Cushing, was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, February 3, 1820, and died at Saint John, New Brunswick in 1891. He was engaged in the lumbering bus- iness at the latter place, in partnership with his brother, Theophilus, under the firm name of André Cushing and Company. He was the first one of his line to leave Hingham, which had been the family dwelling place for six generations, and to migrate to a new state, and finally to another country. In 1846 André Cushing married Delia, daughter of Captain Isaiah and Betsey (Curtis) Rich, of Frank- fort, Maine, who died in 1871. There were five children, the first three of whom were born at Frankfort, Maine, and the last two in the parish of Lancaster, Saint John, New Brunswick. Children: I. Rebecca Partridge, March 21, 1847. 2. Allston, March 25, 1849. 3. Lucinda Rich, mentioned below. 4. Rich- mond Hersey, 1853. 5. Chauncey Drew, Oc- tober 30, 1859.
(14) Lucinda Rich, second daughter of André and Delia (Rich) Cushing, was born at Frankfort, Maine, in 1851. On September 19, 1877, she was married to George Bancroft Dunn, of Houlton, Maine. (See Dunn, III.)
Tradition agrees that the BRACKETT Brackett family and all of the name inhabiting Amer- ica came from that portion of England by the name of Wales; in other words, they came from the western portion of the island of Great Britain. The name is not a common one to-day in England; it occurs less than half a dozen times in the directory of Lon- don. It has often been contended that Brack- ett is but a variation of Brockett, the name of an ancient family that can be traced to the times of the Crusaders. Their coat-of-arms is a shield of gold with cross patonce (three points to each arm of the cross, slightly curved), sable. The crest is a young brock or deer lodged. This would furnish a very interesting origin for the name, but the his-
torian of the Brackett family asserts that the claim is unproved. "There are no more rea- sons for believing that the name Brackett is a variation of the name Brockett than there is for believing that the name Brackett is a variation of any other name ending in "ett," as Breckett or Brickett." The coat-of-arms that has been adopted by the Brackett family is a shield sable, three garbs (sheaves of wheat), or. Crest, goat's head, or.
(I) Anthony Brackett, the progenitor of all persons of the name who live in Maine or New Hampshire or trace their descent to early residents of those states, came to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, some time before 1640, spent his life there and was murdered by the In- dians, September 28, 1691. In 1640, Anthony Brackett with several others who lived within the present limits of Portsmouth, signed a deed for a glebe. This conveyed to the war- dens of the Episcopal church for its benefit and the benefit of the local clergyman fifty acres of land in Strawberry Bank, now Ports- mouth. Anthony Brackett was a member of this church till his death. It is thought that his original home was with the other early settlers at Little Harbor, but from 1649 till the end of his life he lived on Brackett road near Saltwater brook. On August 13, 1649, the selectmen granted a lot of land to "Anthony Brakit"; on January 13, 1652, the town voted thirty acres to "Anthony Brackite." At vari- ous other times up to 1660 he received differ- ent grants amounting in all to over two hun- dred acres. Anthony Brackett was chosen one of the selectmen in 1656, and for several years thereafter. In 1665, when the king's com- missioners for the settlement of affairs in the colonies arrived in New Hampshire, a petition was presented them signed by sixty-one of the settlers, setting forth their hardships and grievances, and praying to be relieved from Puritan rule, which meant Massachusetts Bay. One of the signers to this petition was An- thony Brackett. In 1688, six years after New Hampshire had become a royal province, An- thony Brackett with the other settlers signed a petition for the removal of Cranfield as governor. Anthony Brackett suffered much from the ravages of Indians during his life- time. Thomas Brackett, one of his sons, was killed at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, in 1676. The children of Thomas were re- deemed from captivity by their grandfather, with whom three of them abided for several years. The Indians wrought great desolation in Maine, and from 1690 the neighborhood of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was virtually on
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the frontier. The slaughter of September 28, 1691, is thus described by an old chronicler : "The sons of Francis Rand went a fishing ; the sons of ould Goodman Brackett were in the salt marsh and with no suspicion of danger. The settlers went about their usual avocations. Early in the afternoon a party of Indians came from the eastward in canoes, landed at Sandy beach, left the garrison there unmolested, and attacked the homes of the defenseless ones, killing and capturing twenty-one persons. Among the killed was Francis Rand; one of the first settlers. When his sons came in from fishing they followed the Indians over to Bracketts, fired upon them and frightened them away. The sons of Anthony Brackett who had the guns with them ran to the gar- rison at Odiorne's Point." Fifteen people were killed in this massacre, among them An- thony Brackett. Their graves, marked by rough stones, can still be found on a little knoll covered with bushes, and entirely sur- rounded by the salt marsh. The place is near Saltwater brook, in what is now the town of Rye, New Hampshire.
Anthony Brackett may have had some pre- monition of his coming end, for he made his will September II, 1691, but a few weeks be- fore his death. Among the provisions is this : "my housall goods I leve with my wiff for hur one use." We do not know the name of Anthony Brackett's wife, nor the dates of the birth of his five children: I. Captain Anthony, who became a prominent citizen of Falmouth, Maine, and was killed by the Indians there in 1689. 2. Elinor, who married John Johnson, December 26, 1661. 3. Thomas, whose sketch follows. 4. Jane, married Mathias Haines, April 19, 1667, (second) Isaac Marston, De- cember 28, 1671. 5. John, who lived at Rye, and was the only male member of the family who died a natural death.
(II) Thomas, second son of Anthony Brackett, was probably born at Sandy beach, now a part of the town of Rye, New Hamp- shire, about 1635. Soon after 1662 he re- moved to Casco, Maine, and was there shot down in his field by the Indians, August II, 1676. He was prominent in the new settle- ment, and was one of the selectmen in 1672. He married into an influential family, his wife being a granddaughter of George Cleeve. In 1671 Thomas Brackett entered into an agree- ment with his wife's mother by which he agreed to provide for her care and main- tenance, receiving in return a grant of land. Thomas Brackett was only about forty years old when his life was sacrificed. The follow-
ing vivid description is given by the historian of the Brackett family :
"When, on the capture of Captain Anthony Brackett and his family, August 11, 1676, the Indians divided, a part passing around Back cove and a part onto the Neck, the first house in the course of the latter was Thomas Brack- ett's, on the southerly side of the Neck. Be- tween the houses of the two brothers was an unbroken forest. It is thought that the In- dians went along the northerly side of the Neck until they had passed the farm of Thom- as Brackett. In their course they met John, the son of George Munjoy, and another, Isaac Wakely, and shot the two. Others who were with or near them, fled down the Neck to give the alarm, and thereupon the Indians retreated in the direction of Thomas Brackett's house. That morning three men were on their way to Anthony Brackett's farm to harvest grain. They probably rowed over the river from Pur- pooduck point and had left their canoe near Thomas Brackett's house. From there they crossed the Neck towards Anthony's house, to where they went near enough to learn of the attack by the Indians on his family; the three hastened onto the Neck, perhaps over the course pursued by the Indians, to give the alarm. On their way they heard guns fired 'whereby it seems two men (perhaps Munjoy and Wakely) were killed.' Thereupon the three fled in the direction of Thomas Brack- ett's house to reach their canoe. The Indians reached the farm, nearly at the same time as did the men, who saw Thomas Brackett shot down while at work in his field. Two of the
men succeeded in reaching the canoe; the third, not so fleet of foot, hid in the marsh and witnessed the capture of Thomas Brackett's wife and children. The three men escaped. Among the Indians who were concerned in the killing of Thomas Brackett was Megunnaway, one of the braves of King Philip. All of the residents on the Neck, except Thomas Brack- ett, his family, John Munjoy and Isaac Wake- ly, succeeded in reaching Munjoy's garrison house, which stood on Munjoy's hill at the end of the Neck."
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