Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 44

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 896

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(XXVII) Amos Franklin, son of Joseph H. Carleton, was born at Winterport, May 15, 1868. He attended the public schools of his native town and graduated from the State Normal school at Castine, Maine, in 1887. For eight years he taught in the public schools of Winterport and Hampden. From 1895 to 1903, a period of eight years, he was superin- tendent of the Winterport Water Company. He has been active in public life. He is an influential Republican in politics, and in 1903- 04 represented Winterport in the state legis-

lature, serving on the committee on education and demonstrating special fitness for legisla- tive work. He was for about four years su- perintendent of schools of Winterport, and from 1901 to 1904 was one of the selectmen of that town. He was elected high sheriff of Waldo county in 1904, and since January I, 1905, has resided at Belfast, the county seat, in the official residence near the penal insti- tutions of which he has charge. He is a mem- ber of Howard Lodge, No. 69, Free Masons, of Winterport ; of Garfield Lodge of Odd Fel- lows, of Winterport; of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of the state of Maine; of Mizpah Rebekah Lodge and of Sunrise Grange, No. 241, Patrons of Husbandry, of Winterport. He is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, December 30, 1892, Elta M., born at Newburgh, Maine, January 16, 1875, daughter of Charles F. and Juliette (Doble) Robinson, of Winterport. Children, born at Winterport: 1. Marjorie J., March 13, 1894. 2. Ida S., January 16, 1896.

Before the general adoption of DAVIS surnames in Great Britain, the Welsh people were accustomed to distinguish those bearing the same christian name from one another by adding the father's name with a possessive, as "Harry's," "Da- vid's," and these were in time shortened and slightly varied, thus forming the very fre- quent names among those people of Williams, Jones, Harris and Davis. The family whose history is herein outlined was among those early planted in New England, and has fur- nished citizens to Maine and other states, who have been noted for' energy, probity, ability and high moral character.

(I) Barnabas Davis, immigrant ancestor of a prominent family bearing this name, was born 1599 in Tewksbury, England; with his wife Patience and son Samuel he sailed for America in the ship "Blessing" and arrived at Boston in 1636. He settled in Charlestown, where he owned several parcels of real estate, including a part of Bunker Hill. By trade he was a tallow chandler and probably followed that trade. He died November 27, 1685, and was survived almost five years by his wife, who died November 15, 1690. Their children were: I. Samuel, further mentioned below. 2. Barnabas. 3. Patience, born 1641, mar- ried William Ridland, of Charlestown. 4. Nathaniel, married (first) Mary Converse; (second) Mary Thomas; was a glazier in Charlestown. 5. Hopewell, a soldier of King

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Philip's war, married Sarah (Boynton) Davis. 6. James, married Elizabeth Randall and lived in Scituate.

(II) Samuel, eldest child of Barnabas and Patience Davis, was born in 1630 in England, and settled soon after his marriage in Groton, Massachusetts, where his children were born. He was a prominent man of his time and active in the struggles with the savage foes surrounding his home. By one authority it is stated that he was killed in Groton by the Indians in 1704; others say it was his son Samuel. His son John was slain near his home in Groton. Samuel died December 28, 1699. He was married in 1656 to Mary Waters, who was born January 27, 1638, a daughter of Laurence and Ann (Linton) Waters, of Watertown, Lancaster and Charles- town. Their children were: I. Elizabeth. 2. Mary, married (first) Isaac Lewis; (second) Thomas Pratt. 3. John, born March 10, 1664, lived in Groton, where he was killed by the Indians in October, 1704. 4. Sarah. 5. Sam- uel, mentioned below. 6. Barnabas, who died 1690. 7. Patience, wife of John Green.

(III) Samuel (2), second son of Samuel (I) and Mary (Waters) Davis, was born January 10, 1669, in Groton, and was one of the soldiers of Queen Anne's war, serving in Captain Tyng's company of snowshoe men in 1703. For this service he was one of the grantees of Tyngstown, now Manchester, New Hampshire. He bought land in Groton of William and Patience (Davis) Ridland, in 1694, and continued to live there until 1706, when he removed to Chelmsford. The births of seven of his children are recorded in Gro- ton, and the same children with two others are recorded in Chelmsford, namely: I. Samuel; born August 16, 1695. 2. Anna, May 24, 1697. 3. Mary, May 20, 1699. 4. Barnabas, December 19, 1700. 5. Simon, November 15, 1702. 6. Amos, October 15, 1705. 7. Ex- perience, January 23, 1707, died in December following. 8. Elizabeth, January 16, 1708. 9. Steven, January 31, 17II, died when less than one year old. The baptismal name of the mother was Hannah.

(IV) Amos, fourth son of Samuel (2) and Hannah Davis, was born October 15, 1705, in Groton, and was a small child when his pa- rents removed to Chelmsford. He lived suc- cessively in Littleton, Uxbridge, again in Lit- tleton, Petersham and Harvard, Massachu- setts. He was one of the grantees of West- moreland, New Hampshire, and removed to that town, very soon after 1750. He and his wife were among the foundation members of

the church there. where he died soon after 1770. No church record of his children is found, but the baptismal name of his wife was Elizabeth. Their children were: I. Edith, born September 30, 1728. 2. Phebe, June 21, 1730. 3. Amos, September 2, 1732, married Sarah Metcalf and lived in Chester- field, New Hampshire. 4. Elizabeth, Novem- ber 14, 1735. 5. Jones, April 9, 1737, lived in Chesterfield. 6. Rachel, October 7, 1739. 7. Samuel, October 15, 1744. 8. Reuben, July 17, 1747. 9. Esther, August 21, 1749. 10. Ezra, mentioned below.

(V) Ezra, youngest child of Amos and Elizabeth Davis, was born about 1752 in West- moreland, and was a soldier of the revolution. He enlisted June 29, 1777, in Captain J. Cole's company of Colonel Ashley's regiment of mi- litia. He marched from Westmoreland at the Bennington alarm, June 28, 1777. The date of his death is not found in the archives of New Hampshire. He was married in West- moreland to Ruth Farrington, of that town, and after his death she married (second) Dean Carleton, with whom she removed to Denmark, Maine, and there died January 27, 1826. The children of Ezra and Ruth Davis were: Ezra, born April 7, 1779. Elizabeth, December 19, 1780. William, mentioned be- low, and Josiah.

(VI) William, second son of Ezra and Ruth Davis, was born August 28, 1782, in Westmoreland, and resided successively in Salem, Massachusetts, and Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, and settled at Denmark, Maine, where he died November 29, 1851. When a small boy he was bound out until the age of fourteen years to a Mr. West, of West- moreland. When he reached the age of eight- een years he went to work in a distillery in Salem, Massachusetts, in which employment he continued six years. He was a resident there on May 14, 1807, when he took a deed of a tract of land in Denmark, Maine, from Perley Hale, and was-then called a distiller. He was a resident of Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, February 10, 1809, when he took a deed of land in Wilton, an adjoining town. After his marriage he resided in Mount Vernon with his wife's parents until the spring of 1809 when he removed to Denmark, Maine, and there continued to reside until his death. He was an active man in town affairs, filling the office of selectman in 1810; constable in 1814- 15-16-17-18-19-22-23. He was moderator for the year 1818 and on the committee of ac- counts for 1830. He had considerable local celebrity as a teacher of music in Salem, Mas-

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sachusetts, and in later life taught in Bridgton and Denmark. He served as lieutenant in Captain Berry's company of infantry, Steel's (second) regiment of Massachusetts militia, and was called into service, rendezvous at Denmark, September 13, 1814. He was dis- charged at Portland, Maine, on the 24th of the same month. He married Clarissa Carle- ton. (see Carleton XXV), born September 9, 1781, in Mount Vernon, and died in Denmark, October 4, 1870. Their children were: I. Clarissa W., born November 30, 1809. 2. William F., mentioned below. 3. John P., July 5, 1813. 4. Elizabeth P., September 27, 1816. 5. Josiah W., January 27, 1818. 6. Oliver C., May 27, 1820. 7. Ezra, December 12, 1821. 8. Mary Frances, December 12, 1825.

(VII) William Farrington, eldest son of William and Clarissa (Carleton) Davis, was born December 25, 1810, in Denmark, and passed his life in that town, where he died July 6, 1885. He served on the committee of accounts in 1840, as selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor in the years 1844-45-46, and was town agent in 1854. He was town treasurer in 1869-70-71-72-73, and a member of the house of representatives in 1861. He was elected to the last-named position from the district composed of the towns of Den- mark, Hiram, Lovell and Stowe, and was a member of the town standing committee of agriculture, and the town select committee on gubernatorial votes. He was a member of the Congregational church of Denmark, and in political principle a Republican. He married, December 29, 1836, Pamelia Goodwin Tra- verse, born November 30, 1812, in Denmark, and died in that town August 9, 1895. (See Traverse VII.) Their children were: Clara W., born December 18, 1837; William C., September 27, 1839; Samuel G., the subject of the following paragraph.

(VIII) Samuel Granville, younger son of William Farrington and Pamelia G. (Tra- verse) Davis, was born July 30, 1842, in Den- mark, and received his early education in the common schools of his native town. He pre- pared for college at Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton, Maine, and graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1865. He is now a member of the Bowdoin Alumni Asso- ciation of Washington, D. C., of which Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller is now president. Mr. Davis studied law in the offices of Charles E. Holt, of Denmark, Maine, and of Fessen- den & Butler in Portland, and was admitted

to the bar of the state in September, 1867. Since then he has been engaged in the prac- tice of his profession, diversified by school teaching, except when in government employ. In his native town he served as auditor, town agent, town clerk, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, and superintendent of schools, holding each of these offices several years. He was justice of the peace and quo- rum from January, 1868, until he left the state to accept a government position at Washing- ton, in September, 1882. He was appointed dedimus justice of the state of Maine in 1877 and still holds that position. From September, 1882, to September, 1886, he was a clerk in the United States pension bureau, and he was detailed as a special examiner. He was ap- pointed a clerk in the treasury department June 22, 1892, and since January II, 1893, has served as clerk in the office of the com- missioner of internal revenue in the treasury department.

He is quite prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, in which he has held many offices, including worshipful master of the Blue Lodge; high priest of the chapter ; and was regularly anointed into the order of high priesthood ; district deputy grand master, and junior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Maine. He holds membership in the Mount Moriah Lodge of Denmark, Oriental Royal Arch Chapter of Bridgton, St. Albans Com- mandery, Knights Templar, of Portland, the grand lodge of Maine, and the local chapter Order of the Eastern Star, at Denmark. He is a member of the Washington Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Sons and Daughters of Maine in Washington, having been president of the executive board of the latter organization. He married (first) January 29, 1873, Parriezina M. Bennett, of Nashua, New Hampshire, daughter of Horace Bennett and Mary Jane (Richardson) Ben- nett. She died March 5, 1899. Their chil- dren are: Blanch P., Norman C., Molly P., Bertram G. and. Webster B., now liv- ing, and Rupert G. Davis, who was born March 9, 1876, and died February 4, 1877. Mr. Davis married (second) February 3, 1902, Helen A. Hughes, born May 18, 1865, daugh- ter of William N. and Harriet A. (Miller) Collins, of Washington, and widow of Walter Hughes, of whom she has one son : Willard. She is a graduate of the Washington high school, class 1886, and has always devoted her time and talents to the furtherance of educa- tional purposes.

Samuel & Davis

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This name is usually spelled

TRUMBLE Trumbull, and has been the patronymic of many distin- guished citizens, among whom may be named Jonathan Trumbull, first governor of the state of Connecticut and the original "Brother Jonathan."

(I) John Trumble, cooper, from New Castle-upon-Tyne, in England; of Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1639, and among the first members of Mr. Eliot's church there, and the following year, May 13, 1640, he was made freeman of Rowley. He brought to this country a wife Ellen and a son John.

(II) John (2), of Roxbury, and later of Rowley, was born in 1638 or 1639, and mar- ried Ann Swan. Their sons were: John, Jo- seph and Judah.

(III) Judah Trumble, of Roxbury, died April 1, 1692, in Enfield, Connecticut. He had wife Mary, and their children were: John, born March 5, 1674; Ebenezer, August I, 1675; Joseph, January 3, 1677; Judah, Jan- uary 2, 1679; Mary, March 20, 1681 ; William, July 9, 1683 ; Samuel, June 1, 1685; and Eph- raim, July 6, 1688, and died April I, 1692.

(IV) John (3), son of Judah and Mary Trumbull (Trumble), was born March 5, 1674, in Roxbury, and probably lived in that town and Haverhill. ·

(V) The records of the secretary of state of New Hampshire show that Judah Trum- bull served in the French and Indian wars, and his sons Simon, Samuel, and Nathaniel in the Revolutionary war. These persons all lived in Concord. Judah was presumably a son of John (3). He settled with wife Grace in Concord. Judah Trumbull served in Cap- tain Joseph Eastman's company in expedition for subjection of Crown Point in 1755. In 1746 his name with others is connected with the Garrison at East Concord. He married, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, January 18, 1733, Grace Foster, and had a daughter born in Haverhill, September 1, 1735, who died July 29, 1736. His other children were: Mary, born June 1, 1737 ; Simon, December 14, 1739, who died in February, 1800; Samuel, born June 7, 1743; Nathaniel, March 30, 1746; John, May 30, 1749; and Ruth, July 4, 1752. Simon Trumbel's and John Trumbel's signa- tures with 750 others, are attached to the As- sociation Test at Concord. This was in 1776 and is as follows: "We, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will to the utmost of our power, at the risk of our lives and fortunes, with arms oppose the hostile proceedings of the British Fleets

and Armies against the United American Colonies."

(VI) John Trumbull married Lucy Good- win and settled in the Sugar Ball neighbor- hood of Concord. They had the following children : Judith, born April 25, 1777, died April 10, 1862; Joseph, born in 1779; Samuel, 1782; Dolly, 1785; Mary, 1787; Sarah, 1790; Elizabeth, December II, 1792.

(VII) Judith Trumbull married Samuel Traverse or Travis. Their children were: Abigail, born in November, 1811; Pamelia Goodwin, born November 30, 1812; and Sarah E., born December 31, 1817.

(VIII) Pamelia Goodwin Traverse mar- ried William Farrington Davis, who was the father of Samuel Granville Davis ( see Davis).

(For English ancestry see Baldwin de Carleton.) (XXI) Thomas Carleton,

CARLETON of Bradford, Massachusetts. Will recorded in Salem, Massachusetts, born 1667, and died in 1734. He married Elizabeth Their children were: Thomas, died in 1766; George, died in 1783; John; Bethiah; Elizabeth; Sarah Carle- ton. The following is an extract from the will of Thomas Carleton, showing that he was the owner of a slave: "I give my wife the use of my negro, Garl, during her life, and then I will that the said negro Garl be sold and the money be equally divided amongst my chil- dren."

(XXII) George Carleton, of Bradford and Boxford, Massachusetts. His will is recorded in Salem, Massachusetts. He married Mary Hale. Their children were: Samuel; George, who was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill; Thomas, died June 17, 1775; Oliver, born in 1732, died in April, 1811; William, died in September, 1800; Mary Ayers; and Sarah Hovey.

(XXIII) Oliver Carleton, of Boxford, Massachusetts, and Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, died in April, 1811. He married Amy Washer, who was born in 1740. Their children were: John, born October 16, 1762, died December, 1838; Enoch, born in 1765, died December 20, 1838; Oliver, born in 1767, died in 1845; Stephen, born in 1771, died in July, 1857; Rebecca Parker, born in 1764; Amy Grout, born in 1769, died in 1849.

(XXIV) John Carleton, of Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, married Judith Weston, in 1781, who was born March 29, 1763, and died in November, 1824. The records of the war department show that John Carleton, rank not stated, served in the Fifth Regiment of Militia,

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New Hampshire, for the defense of Rhode Island. He engaged to serve six months. His name appears on a muster roll, dated Amherst, July 27, 1779, which bears the remark "Time of engagement July 26 1779." It also ap- pears on a pay roll dated at Exeter, New Hampshire, February, 1780, of Daniel Emer- son's company in Colonel Herc. Mooney's regiment, raised in New Hampshire for the defense of Rhode Island, 1779. Allowed I day for every 20 miles travel; time of en- gagement July 26, 1779; time of discharge, January 14, 1780; time of service, five months and twenty days. The children of John and Judith (Weston) Carleton were: Clarissa (Davis), born September 9, 1781, died Octo- ber 4, 1870; Judith (Coburn), born July 8, 1783, died 1864; Emma, born August 21, 1785, died February 25, 1812; John, born July 26, 1787, died January 14, 1868; Mary (Smith), born January 19, 1790; died 1812; Weston, born December 5, 1791, died October, 1793; Daniel Weston, born November 26, 1793, died September, 1800; Achsah, born July 26, 1795, died January 2, 1842; George, born May 16, 1797, died in infancy ; Lucy, born May 9, 1799, died September, 1800; Oliver, born July 20, 1801, died 1882; Daniel Weston, born October 29, 1805, died Septem- ber 8, 1852.

(XXV) Clarissa Carleton married William Davis. Their children were: Clarissa W., born November 30, 1809, died September 27, 1828; William F., born December 25, 1810, died July 6, 1885; Emma C. (Pingree), born April 9, 1812, died February, 1876; John P., born July 5, 1813, died August 27, 1865; he was postmaster of the town of Naples, Maine, for many years, and up to the time. of his death, and a senator in the Maine state legis- lature for the years 1848-49-56; Elizabeth P. (Smith), born September 27, 1816, died April 6, 1882; Josiah W., born January 27, 1818, died March 10, 1885; he was a private in the Twenty-third Maine Regiment Infantry in the war of the rebellion, from October 17, 1862, to July 15, 1863; Ezra, born May 20, 1819, died October 15, 1820; Oliver C., born May 27, 1820, died December 3, 1828; Ezra, born De- cember 12, 1821, died July, 1863; he was a first lieutenant in the Seventh New Hampshire Regiment of Infantry in the war of the re- bellion, and was wounded in the assault on Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, in July, 1863, from which wound he died; Mary F., born December 12, 1825, died December 19, 1825.

(XXVI) William F. Davis married Pa-

melia Goodwin Traverse; he was the father of Samuel Granville Davis. Their other children were: Clara W., born December 18, 1837, still living in February, 1909; William C., born September 27, 1839, died December 14, 1863 ; he was a private in Company K, Twen- tieth Maine Regiment Infantry, in the war of the rebellion ; was enrolled August 5, 1862, and died December 14, 1863, at Baltimore, Mary- land; Samuel G., born January 28, 1841, died July 27, 1842.

TRAVERSE

This name comes from

Trevieres, in Normandy, and in the year 1138 the name of Travers was taken by Ranulph de Clin- champ. The first appearance of the name in England is in the "Domesday Book," where one of the family is recorded as from the county of Hants ; in later days it became quite well known, and many of the family held posi- tions of trust under the Crown.

(I) Henrie Travers, from London, em- barked in the "Mary and John," with Robert Sayers, master, early in 1634, landing at Ips- wich, Massachusetts, where he remained about a year. In 1635 he was living in Newbury, Massachusetts, and there is no record of when .or where he married his wife, Bridgett Fitts, who is said by some genealogists to have been his second wife. He sailed for London, Eng- land, in 1648, and never returned; he left a son and daughter, besides his wife, and had made a will disposing of his estate. His wid- ow, in 1659, married Richard Window, and removed with her family to Gloucester. The children of Henrie and Bridgett (Fitts) Tra- vers were: Sarah, born in 1636, at Newbury, married Nicholas Wallington, and James.

(II) James, the only son of Henrie and Bridgett (Fitts) Traverse, was born April 28, 1645, at Newbury, Massachusetts, and in 1667 his name is found signed Travis, which spell- ing has been used by most of his descendants. In 1668 he removed to Brookfield, Massachu- setts, and probably removed from that place before the Indians destroyed the town, going to the neighborhood of Framingham and Hol- liston. He took part in King Philip's war, and in 1676 was captured by the Indians and held for two years before he made his escape. Before 1717 he had died, as his estate was then being settled. April 8, 1667, he married Mercy (or Marsye), daughter of John and Elizabeth Pearce, of Gloucester, and they had three children, as follows: Elizabeth, born in 1667-68, married Nathaniel Haven; Mercy (Mary), born probably at Brookfield, married

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Benjamin Whitney (first) and (second) Lieu- tenant Thomas Frink ; and James.

(III) .James (2), the only son of James (I) and Mercy (Pearce) Travis, was born, probably at Brookfield, between 1668 and 1676. He removed to Framingham, Massa- chusetts, it is thought before its incorporation, in June, 1700, and in 1717 in a deed he is described as from Framingham, but in the same year he was in Sherborn, Massachusetts. April 20, 1756, he must have been eighty years of age, perhaps more, and is adjudged to be unable to care for himself, so Thomas Mellen is appointed as his guardian. In 1760 Elizabeth, his second wife, signs a deed as his widow. He married (first) in 1698-99, Mercy Leland, who died between August 16, 1710, and 1716, and he married (second) November 18, 1745, Elizabeth Wesson. By his first wife he had four children, as follows: Joseph; James, born April 12, 1703, married Rebecca Squire; Mary, January 26, 1705-06; John, August 16, 1710, married Anne or Anna Max- well ; and by his second wife one, Elizabeth, April 16, 1747.

(IV) Joseph, the eldest son of James (2) and Mercy (Leland) Travis, was born De- cember 3, 1700, at Framingham, Massachu- setts, and died at Sherborn. From 1757 to 1772 he was of Natick, as shown by records, and he was constable there in 1762, 1771-72- 77 and 1780, and he was a corporal in David Morse's muster roll, Buckminster regiment, in 1755, his son Asa being private in the same company. He married (first) February 28, 1726-27, Mehitable Hagar, of Watertown, born May 7, 1704, died December 22, 1737, daughter of William and Sarah (Benjamin) Hagar; at the time of his first marriage he is described as of Sherborn. Children: Sarah, born April 21, 1728, married Daniel B. Ha- gar; Asa; Zerviah, July 10, 1733. He mar- ried (second) March 29, 1740, Sarah, daugh- ter of Joseph and Rebecca (Allen) Dean, of Sudbury, Massachusetts. Children : Susannah, born August 23, 174I, at Natick, married Samuel Watkins; Daniel, October 13, 1742, married Thankful Watkins.

(V) Asa, the oldest son of Joseph and Me- hitable (Hagar) Travis, was born May 28, 1729, at Sherborn, Massachusetts, and died in 1806 at Deering, New Hampshire. After his marriage he resided at Natick, Massachusetts, where is recorded the birth of his son Asa, probably the eldest of his children. In 1765 he was living at Natick, and that is the last known of his whereabout until he responded to the Lexington alarm, with five sons. He

was in Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1779-80, and in 1781 was member of a committee "to see what number of school houses should be thought necessary." Two years later he ap- pears at Deering, New Hampshire, also five of his sons, but his son Elijah seems not to have gone with his father, as he settled at Waltham, Massachusetts, where he married. April 26, 1775, he enlisted in the continental army, serving three months in Captain Russell's company, Colonel J. Brewer's regiment; and received an order for a "bounty coat," or its equivalent in money, due for eight months' service in 1775, Captain Russell's company, same regiment. January 1, 1776, he again en- listed, and served ten months and twenty-six days as private in David Whitney's company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment, encamp- ment at Ticonderoga, November 27, 1776; he again enlisted October 12, 1778, in Edwin Longley's company, Colonel Coggswell's regi- ment, time of service two months, two days, for the purpose of guarding and fortifying posts in and near Boston. His last service was when he enlisted July 28, 1780, for three days, Rhode Island alarm, in Joshua Fisk's company, Colonel Abner Perry's regiment. In 1753 he married Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Deborah Dunton, born December 26, 1730, at Natick, a descendant of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. David Alden was son of John Alden, of the "Mayflower," and married Mary Southworth; their son Henry had a daughter Deborah, who married Thomas Dunton. Asa and Sarah (Dunton) Travis had nine children who reached maturity, and two who died young; they are here given, though the order of their birth is not known : I. Asa, born in 1754, married Mary Smith. 2. Elijah, born in 1758, married Lydia Peirce. 3. Oliver. 4. Mehitable, married Thomas Gooding, whose family later spelled the name "Goodwin." 5. Luther, married Nancy Shear- er. 6. Aaron, born in 1769, married Betsey Patten. 7. William, born December 31, 1777, married Lydia Sargent. 8. Abigail, married Stephen Brown. 9. Joel, married Rebecca Allen. 10. A child who died June 25, 1768, aged thirteen months. II. Anna, died Sep- tember 15, 1775, at the age of two years.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 44

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe Publication date: 1909 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 896

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 896