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Thomas Brackett married Mary Mitton, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Cleeve) Mitton. Children: I. Lieutenant Joshua, of Greenland, who became a man of wealth and prominence. 2. Sarah, married John Hill, of Portsmouth. 3. Samuel, whose sketch fol- lows. 4. Mary, who married Christopher Mitchell, of Kittery, Maine.
(III) Samuel, second son of Thomas and Mary (Mitton) Brackett, was born at Fal-
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mouth, Maine, about 1672, and died at Kit- tery, Maine, April 27, 1752. At the time his father was killed, Samuel was taken cap- tive by the Indians, and he was but six years of age when his mother died. It is traditional that upon his redemption by his grandfather, Samuel went to live with his Aunt Martha in Kittery, Maine. This aunt's husband, John Grove, was a Quaker, who afterwards moved to Crompton, Rhode Island, to escape the per- secution of his Puritan neighbors. It was probably owing to his early association with this family that Samuel Brackett became im- bued with more liberal religious views than were then prevalent, and later in life came in conflict with the church officials. Samuel Brackett had his full share of suffering from the Indians. When he had reached the age of sixteen, a war broke out which continued for ten years; so early in life he became a soldier, and was a minute-man, every ready for duty. When he and his wife were first married, they lived in garrison houses much of the time ; and on one occasion Samuel Brack- ett escaped death by being fleet of foot. Dur- ing the Indian war which lasted from 1703 to 1713, Samuel Brackett received a long knife cut in the abdomen, which let out the intestines. He hastily replaced the parts, and by pressing his hand tightly over the opening was enabled to get to the garrison house. Probably his subsequent length of years (he was eighty when he died) was due to his youth and strength rather than to any surgical skill that was available at the time. If his wound healed without further trouble, Samuel Brack- ett may have served in some of the wars against the French, though we have no posi- tive evidence of his having done so. Notwith- standing all the desolation of the times, the Puritan officials did not relax their rigor, and in June, 1696, Samuel Brackett was charged with the crime of "not frequenting the public worship on the Lord's day." Later he and his wife were charged with a similar offence, and he was fined five shillings and she was ad- monished. It would seem in those troublous times, when men were in hourly danger from a savage foe, that they might have been spared the persecutions of the saints. Samuel Brack- ett owned several tracts of land in Berwick, which was then a part of Kittery, Maine; and the site of his house and the well that he dug are still pointed out. From the inventory of his estate, it is probable that he accumulated considerable property. His wife died soon after he did, and the list of her clothing, which was included in his estate, would seem to in-
dicate something like affluence. The list ent- merates "7 gowns, 3 silk crepe ones, 8 petti- coats, 3 under-vests, 2 silk hoods, I riding hood, I pair of stays, black gauze handker- chief, black fan, I pr. of sleeve buttons, 3 pr. of cotton gloves, muslin and linen aprons, considerable number of other articles."
On November 25, 1694, Samuel Brackett married Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Botts, of Berwick, Maine. She was about a year old when her father was killed by the In- dians in an attack on Salmon Falls in Ber- wick, October 15, 1675. Upon her mother's remarriage, Elizabeth Botts became a member of the family of Moses Spencer, with whom she was living at the time of her marriage. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Botts) Brackett were: I. Samuel (2), whose sketch follows. 2. Mary, married Thomas Tuttle, of Dover. 3. Bathsheba, married Jonathan Ab- bott. 4. Elizabeth, married Samuel Abbott. 5. Hannah, married Samuel Thompson. 6. Dorothy, baptized January 21, 1728.
(IV) Samuel (2), eldest child of Samuel (I) and Elizabeth (Botts) Brackett, was born September 6, 1695, at Berwick, Maine, and died December 31, 1786. He lived on the westerly slope of Blackberry hill, about three and one-half miles south from the house of his father, and the farm that he cleared is still owned by his descendants, having passed from father to son through five gen- erations. In various conveyances of land he is described as "turner," though it is prob- able that farming was his chief occupation. The Second Church of Berwick was organ- ized in 1755, and Samuel (2) Brackett and his wife were charter members. He was chosen deacon, June 12, 1755, and elder, July 21, 1768. He was selectman in 1749 and 1750, and probably held other town offices. On Au- gust II, 1720, Deacon Samuel (2) Brackett married (first) Sarah, daughter of Job and Charity (Nason) Emery, of Berwick. She was one of a family of fourteen, was born February 4, 1700, and died December 20, 1742, shortly after giving birth to her eleventh child. On September 12, 1743, Deacon Sam- uel (2) Brackett married (second) Mrs. Abi- gail Cass, widow of Thomas Cass and daugh- ter of Jonathan Banfill, of Portsmouth. Chil- dren were: I. John, born June 29, 1721. 2. Isaac, October 7, 1722. 3. Samuel, August 5, 1724. 4. James, whose sketch follows. 5. Joshua, July 9, 1728. 6. Mary, October 2, 1730, married John Woodsum. 7. Elizabeth, February 20, 1733, married John Kilgore. 8. Sarah, June 8, 1736, died at the age of three.
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9. Jacob, November 8, 1737, died at the age of two. 10. Joseph, April 7, 1739, died at the age of three. II. Sarah, November 15, 1742, married Zebulon Libby. Children of second marriage were: I. Bathsheba, June 19, 1744, married - Pray. 2. Joseph, October 22, 1746, died February 3, 1755. 3. Olive, Sep- tember 6, 1750, died October 13, 1751.
(V) James, fourth son of Samuel (2) and Sarah (Emery) Brackett, was born April 10, 1726, at Berwick, Maine, and died at China, Maine, January 3, 1825. Deacon James Brack- ett lived in his native town for sixty-eight years; in 1794, in company with his youngest son John, he moved to Vassalboro, Maine, where he dwelt for sixteen years; and in 1810 moved again with his son to China, Maine, where he spent the last fourteen years of his life. Deacon Brackett was elected selectman of Berwick in 1763, 1775 to 1778 inclusive, and held many minor town offices. He served in the French and Indian war, and the gun which he carried was preserved for several generations. There is a tradition that during this war he brained an Indian with a goad- stick. Although too old at the time of the revolution to take an active part, he was most earnest in patriotic measures, and sent droves of hogs, sheep and cattle to Boston when that town was closed to commerce in 1774. On April 10, 1750, Deacon James Brackett mar- ried Margery, daughter of Benjamin and Pa- tience (Nason) Lord, who was baptized No- vember 10, 1736, in Berwick, and died July 7, 1816, at China, Maine. Children: I. Jo- seph, whose sketch follows. 2. Patience, May 20, 1753, died young. 3. Patience, August 6, 1755, married Rev. Wentworth Lord. 4. Ly- dia, March 16, 1760, died young. 5. Stephen, April II, 1762, died young. 6. James, April 12, 1764. 7. Lydia, March 24, 1767, married Benjamin Stanton (2), and (second) Caleb Wentworth. 8. John, August 16, 1769.
(VI) Joseph, eldest child of Deacon James and Margery (Lord) Brackett, was born June 6, 1751, at Berwick, Maine, was a farmer and settled at Ossipee, New Hamp- shire, where he died May 3, 1816. He was a revolutionary soldier, and served as a private in Captain Ebenezer Sullivan's company, Colo- nel James Scammon's regiment, enlisting May 5, 1775. He also served as private in Cap- tain Samuel Grant's company, Colonel Storer's regiment. He enlisted August 14, 1777, and was discharged November 30, 1777, at Que- men's Heights after a service of four months and three days in the Northern army, which
participated in the campaign which resulted in the surrender of Burgoyne. Joseph Brack- ett married, February 21, 1782, Jemima, daughter of Joshua and Ruth (Smith) Rob- erts, who was born March 19, 1763, at Ber- wick, Maine, and died June 19, 1796, at Ossi- pee, New Hampshire. On December 27, 1797, Joseph Brackett married (second) Anna, daughter of Job and Sarah (Hobbs) Win- chell, who was born in 1770 at Waterboro, Maine, and died at Ossipee, New Hampshire. Her father was a teacher at Hartford, Con- necticut, was a Continental soldier, was taken prisoner, and died on board the famous prison ship "Jersey." Children of Joseph and Jem- ima (Roberts) Brackett were: I. Margaret, born December 27, 1782, married Thomas Wiggin, of Wakefield, New Hampshire. 2. James, March 30, 1784. 3. John, February 9, 1786. 4. Hiram, February 14, 1788. 5. Mary, April 8, 1790, married Samuel Hurd. 6. Jo- seph (2), whose sketch follows. 7. Lydia, March 4, 1794, married John Hill, of Wake- field, New Hampshire. Children of Joseph and Anna (Winchell) Brackett were: I. Charlotte, born April 15, 1799, married Ham Garland. 2. Levi, April 15, 1800. 3. Betsey L., September 8, 1802, married Rev. Jacob J. Bodge, of Farmington, New Hampshire. 4. Azriah, April 21, 1804. 5. Thomas, January II, 1807. 6. Sally, October 20, 1808, married Wentworth. Hayes, and (second) Benjamin Mason.
(VII) Joseph (2), fourth son of Joseph (I) and Jemima (Roberts) Brackett, was born March 4, 1792, at Ossipee, New Hampshire, and died February 26, 1841, at Ashland, Maine. Like his older brothers, he moved to China, now Albion, Maine, where lived his uncle, John Brackett, and his grandfather, Deacon James Brackett. About 1835 he moved to Aroostook county, where he died at the comparatively early age of forty-nine. Joseph (2) Brackett married Lucy Twist, whose maiden name was Lovejoy. Children : I. Abigail, born June II, 1815, married James McCann. 2. Hiram, November 11, 1816, died in Minnesota. 3. John Y., March 20, 1818, died November 2, 1841. 4. Louisa, mentioned below.
(VIII) Louisa, youngest of the four chil- dren of Joseph (2) and Lucy (Lovejoy) (Twist) Brackett, was born July 25, 1821, at China, Maine, and died at Saint John, New Brunswick. About 1846 she was married to Elbridge G. Dunn, of Ashland, Maine. (See Dunn II.)
Jasper Myman
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WYMAN Two brothers, Francis and John Wyman, of German descent, came from England to New England before 1642, with two other brothers names unknown, landing in Charles Towne on Massachusetts Bay. They were tanners and located in Woburn, where in 1665 they bought of Joseph Rocke, the attorney of J. Coggin, the administrator of Thomas Coitman, five hundred acres, the grant of the general court of Massachusetts, being where Billerica or Burlington townships were established. There were two other brothers, names un- known, but the son of one of them removed to North Yarmouth, province of Maine, and had a son Thomas (q. v.).
(II) Thomas, son of a brother of Francis and John Wyman, of Woburn, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, April 1, 1671. He married, May 5, 1696, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Richardson, and after the death of Thomas Wyman, September 24, 1721, his widow married as her second hus- band Josiah Winn, August 17, 1733, and died November 18, 1774. Thomas and Mary (Richardson) Wyman had one son, Aaron.
(III) Aaron, son of Thomas and Mary (Richardson) Wyman, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, December 6, 1709. He mar- ried, December 27, 1731, his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Captain James and Elizabeth (Ar- nold) Richardson. Aaron Wyman died soon after his marriage, leaving at least two chil- dren, and his widow married Samuel Buck- man, of North Yarmouth, Maine, September 19, 1738. This marriage explains the fol- lowing entry on the church records of North Weymouth, Maine: "Baptized 6 Sept. 1741 John and Anne Wyman children of Samuel Buckman's wife." The children of Aaron and Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman were: I. John (q. v.), born June 6, 1733. 2. Anne, November 25, 1734, married Nathan Oakes, October 7, 1751, and died July II, 1775.
(IV) John, eldest child of Aaron and Eliza- beth (Richardson) Wyman, was born in Wo- burn, Massachusetts, June 6, 1733. He was a mariner engaged in the coasting trade, hav- ing removed to North Yarmouth, Maine, on the marriage of his mother to Samuel Buck- man, September 19, 1738. He married, June 8, 1758, Mercy Johnson; children: William, Josiah, Bela, John (q. v.), Robert, Amy, Eu- nice.
(V) John, fourth son of John and Mercy (Johnson) Wyman, was born in North Yar- mouth, Maine, about 1770. He was brought up in Yarmouth and removed to the new set-
tlement of Searsmont, Waldo county, Maine, married there and had eight children, includ- ing John (q. v.).
(VI) John, son of John Wyman, was born in Searsmont, Waldo county, Maine, Febru- ary 14, 1813. He married Clarindia, daugh- ter of Thomas Tolman, of Rockland, Maine, born in Rockland, September 10, 1819. Chil- dren: I. Joseph D., born Rockland, Novem- ber 9, 1838, married Julia E. Turner, of Mill- bridge, Washington county, Maine. 2. John Francis, Rockland, November 26, 1840, mar- ried Elizabeth Colby. 3. Jesse Ames, Mill- bridge, January 1I, 1843, married (first) Han- nah Ramsdell and (second) Fanny Cannady, of Waldoboro, Maine. 4. Clara A., Mill- bridge, March 1, 1845, married Addison Smith, of Northfield, Minnesota, and after his death, John S. Richardson, of Portland, Maine. 5. Judson L., Millbridge, January 25, 1847, died March 30, 1851. 6. James T., Millbridge, October 15, 1849, married Rosie Lamberson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and as his second wife Mrs. Grace Shotwell, of the same city. 7. Jasper (q. v.), November 5, 1852. 8. Fred- erick, Millbridge, September 30, 1854, married Cora Brooks, of Digby, Nova Scotia. 9. Ed- gar Albert, Millbridge, January 17, 1857, mar- ried Florence Brown, of Eastport, Maine, and as his second wife, Regenia Wallace, of Mill- bridge. 10. Chandler C., Millbridge, Decem- ber 19, 1858, married Fanny Crittenden, of Waterloo, Iowa. II. Adelbert Ames, July 24, 1864, married Josie Finnigan, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(VII) Jasper, son of John and Clarindia (Tolman) Wyman, was born in Millbridge, Washington county, Maine, November 5, 1852. He went to Bucksport, Maine, after he had completed the public school course in Mill- bridge and was a student in the East Maine Conference Seminary and on graduating he engaged in the canning business in Millbridge as an employee of the John W. Jones Com- pany, where he acquired a thorough knowl- edge of the business. In 1874, in copartner- ship with his brother Edgar Albert, he formed a copartnership as J. & E. A. Wyman, to carry on the canning business on a large scale at Millbridge, Bethel, Reedfield, Cherryfield, Columbia and East Corinth. The product canned included corn, sardines, lobsters, clams and blueberries. This firm continued a large and growing business for fifteen years, and in 1889 having grown so as to demand the advantages afforded by a corporation and the J. & E. A. Wyman Company carried on the business up to 1901, when Edgar Albert Wy-
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man sold out his interests on account of ill health and removed to the state of Wash- ington, and Jasper Wyman, controlling the stock of the corporation, sold the corn canning factories, retaining the large factories at Mill- bridge employed in putting up sardines and clams and the blueberry factories at Cherry- field and Columbia. In 1905 Mr. Wyman be- came interested in the lumber business in Cherryfield, and the firm of Ward Brothers & Wyman, manufacturers of short lumber, came into existence, and in 1901 the firm name was changed to Jasper Wyman & Sons. He had also carried on a general merchandise business at Millbridge from 1880 to 1895, under the name of A. Wallace & Company. Jasper Wy- man was elected state senator in 1906. Mr. Wyman is a member of Pleadies Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Dirigo Chapter, R. A. M., Cherry- field, the Commandery at Machias, Maine, Kora Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and mem- ber of Eastport Lodge, No. 880, B. P. O. E., of Eastport, Maine.
He married, December 18, 1875, Lucretia D., daughter of James Jr. and Nancy A. (Up- ton) Wallace, of Millbridge, Maine. Captain James Wallace Jr. was a sailor and master mariner, having been master of a sailing ves- sel for many years. Children : I. Helen Nancy, born July 5, 1878, married Joseph W. Sawyer; no children. 2. James Stewart, Feb- ruary 21, 1881, unmarried; in 1901 became a partner with his father in the can goods busi- ness under the firm name of Jasper Wyman & Son. Mrs. Wyman died April 15, 1890, and on December 23, 1891, Mr. Wyman married (second) Gertrude Louise, daughter of Cap- tain Edwin H. and Laura (Haraden) Tracy, of Gouldsboro, Maine. Captain Tracy was a sea captain for many years. The children of Jasper and Gertrude Louise (Tracy) Wyman were: 3. Phillip T., July, 1898. 4. An infant. 5. Jasper H., born June 6, 1900.
PURINTON This is among the early New England families which was active in the settlement of the Atlantic coast and the struggles with the Indians who sought to prevent such settle- ment, and has through all the generations been actively identified with the various professions and in the political and civil affairs of the several communities where it is or has been found. The spelling of the name varies among the descendants of the present day.
(I) George Purinton (often spelled in the records Puddington) was a resident of York, Maine, as early as 1640, and died within a
few years after that. His wife's Christian name was Mary and both were probably na- tives of England. Widow Mary Puddington was licenced to sell wine under the jurisdic- tion of York in 1649, and before 1661 she was married to Captain John Davis, of York. The children of George and Mary Puddington (Purinton) were: John, Elias, Mary, Frances and Rebecca.
(II) John, elder son of George and Mary Purinton, was probably born in England. He removed from York to Cape Porpoise, and was living there in 1678 and had a grant of land in 1681. He served as town clerk and selectman and was in office when the town was deserted in 1690. Within two or three years thereafter he died. He married Mary Scammon and their children of record were: John, James, Joshua and probably George. The latter was a resident of Salisbury, Massa- chusetts, where he appears of record as "for- merly of Cape Porpos" and is presumed to have been a son of John.
(III) John (2), eldest son of John (I) and Mary (Scammon) Purinton, was presumably born at York, and resided in Salisbury, Mas- sachusetts, where he was a house carpenter. The Christian name of his wife was Sarah and a daughter bearing the same name was born in June, 1691, in Salisbury. There were un- doubtedly other children born at York or Cape Porpoise before his removal to Salisbury.
(IV) John (3), son of John (2) and Sarah Purinton, was born in Maine and was a minis- ter of the Quaker denomination. He was prob- ably a child when his parents removed to Salisbury, where he resided.
(V) Stephen, son of John (3) Purinton, was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, where he spent his entire life engaged in general farming. He died while still a young man.
(VI) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (I) Purinton, was also born in Salisbury, in 1749, and died in May, 1838. When quite young he removed to Berwick, Maine, and after a short residence there removed to Waterboro, thence to Limerick, and finally took up his abode in Limington, Maine, in 1800. There he purchased a large tract of land, built a log cabin, and proceeded to cultivate his posses- sions. He was patriotic and served in the revolutionary war, but as the sentiments of the Friends was opposed to war, he destroyed his discharge. He and his family belonged to the Society of Friends, and in national politics he affiliated with the Whig party. While liv- ing in Limington, he walked twenty-three miles to Saccarappa (now Westbrook), carry-
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ing a bushel of corn, and after having it ground, he bought a jug of molasses and salt fish, carrying these back in addition to the corn. Shortly after this he was instrumental in having a mill built. He married (first) Guptill, by whom he had five children ; (second) Mary Stimpson, who was a preacher in the Society of Friends and who had four brothers who were all ministers of the gospel, but all of different denominations. By his second marriage, Mr. Purinton had children : John, concerning whom see forward, and Naomi.
(VII) John, only son of Stephen (2) and Mary (Stimpson) Purinton, was born on the homestead farm in 1803, and died in 1883. He followed farming on the homestead, and officiated for a number of years as a member of the board of selectmen, of which body he was chairman a part of this time. In politics he was at first a Democrat, but after the or- ganization of the Republican party was con- nected with that body. He was an honored member of the Free Baptist church of Lim- ington. Mr. Purinton married Shuah, daugh- ter of Samuel and Shuah (Libby) Manson, and granddaughter of William and Rachel Amy Manson. William Manson was born in Kittery, York county, Maine, and after re- siding there for some years removed with his family to Limington in 1787, and was the first of that name to settle in the town. He had a family of eleven children. Samuel Manson married (first) Shuah Libby and had seven children, among them being Shuah and Joseph, the latter reaching a ripe old age in Greene, Maine. Samuel married (second) Abigail Woodsum and had seven children, one of them being Maria, who married John B. Philpot, of Limerick, Maine. John and Shuah (Man- son) Purinton had children: I. Stephen L., see forward. 2. John M., who resides in Ips- wich, Massachusetts. 3. Mattie J., who mar- ried Deacon Horace N. Farnham, of Acton, Maine. 4. Mary A., who married Leonard Douglas, of Limington.
(VIII) Stephen L., eldest child of John and Shuah (Manson) Purinton, was born in Lim- ington, Maine, June 24, 1838. He enjoyed superior educational advantages at the South Limington and Parsonsfield academies, and upon the conclusion of his course of studies there was clerk for one year in the general merchandise store of Mr. H. Moore, in Lim- ington. He was then engaged in the ice business for three years in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, and upon his return to York county settled at Saco and was engaged in general
farming during the summer months and man- aged a large ice trade during the winter. He loaded the first cargo of ice, which required two schooners, that was ever sent out of Saco, and remained in that town for nine years, being one year identified with the grocery business. He removed to the old homestead in 1870, and has resided on it since that time, now owning a farm of one hundred acres in extent, equally divided between pasture, till- age and woodland, and keeps about one dozen head of cattle and several sheep and horses. Mr. Purinton is an enterprising and prosper- ous farmer and has made many general and extensive improvements on the property ; among other things he has piped a spring which is about ninety rods from his buildings, has connected it with his house, barns and highway, and thus secured a never-failing sup- ply of fresh water. He has served in many important public capacities, among them being justice of the peace for fourteen years, member of the board of selectmen of Limington, for two terms as chairman of that body to which he was elected in 1872, and again in 1874, and the following year was nominated, but refused the candidacy; has acted frequently as moderator of the town meeting of Liming- ton; in the term of 1878-79 he served as representative in the state legislature; in 1890 he was elected county commissioner for a term of six years; was an inspector at the custom house on a special and temporary force for six months; also spent five years in the postal service, half of this time on the Portland & Worcester route, and the other half on the Boston and Portland route, to which he was promoted after a serious in- jury received in the railroad accident at Derry, New Hampshire. In consequence of that mis- hap his health became impaired and he was ultimately compelled to resign his position. In religious sentiments Mr. Purinton is a Free Will Baptist, associating with the church of that denomination in Limington, and has been clerk of the parish and also deacon. He is a member of Adoniram Lodge, No. 9, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Limington, be- coming associated with the Masonic order when he was twenty-one years of age, and less than two years filled the office of junior war- den. In National politics he is a Republican. Mr. Purinton married (first) 1861, Jennie, daughter of Peletiah Harmon, of Saco, and had children: I. Herbert Harmon, see for- ward. 2. Nettie Shuah, born April 25, 1869, married Edward A. Anderson, of Limington, for many years deputy sheriff. 3. Frank How-
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