Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 7

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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BROWN William Brown came from Eng- land to Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, about 1635. He married, July 16, 1649, Mary Mur- dock. He took part in the King Philip's war, being one of the soldiers in the colonial army that took part in the celebrated Swamp Fight, December 16, 1675, being a member of Cap- tain Groton's company. He died in Plymouth about 1694. Children of William and Mary (Murdock) Brown were: I. Mary, born May 14, 1650. 2. George (q. v.). 3. William, born April 1, 1654, was an original settler of Bris- tol, Massachusetts, in 1680, and member of the council of Sir Edmund Andros, 1686; mar- ried Susannah Harding, October 27, 1699, and had children : Susannah, born in Eastham, October 30, 1700, and Liddiah, April 30, 1702. 4. Samuel, born March, 1656, married Martha Harding, February 19, 1682-83, and had chil- dren : Bethia, 1684; Bethia, 1685; Martha, 1688; Samuel, November 7, 1690. 5. John, married and had children: Sarah, 1690; John, 1692; Hannah, 1694; Zebulon, 1696; David, 1699; Mary, 1701. 6. James, married Deborah and had: Martha, 1694; James, 1696; Deborah, 1699; Jedediah, 1701 ; Thomas, 1703. (II) George, eldest son and second child of William and Mary (Murdock) Brown, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, January 16, 1652. He made his home in Eastham, Barn- stable county, established June 7, 1651, and up to that time known as Nawsett. He married Martha, daughter of Joseph and Bethia (Cook) Harding, and granddaughter of Jo- seph Cook, of Plymouth. His name appears among the legal inhabitants of Eastham, en- rolled in 1695, and the George Brown whose grave in the Eastham burial ground records his name and the date of death, January 18, 175- (the unit figure obliterated) was evi- dently his son, as the name seldom occurs. He had also a son Samuel.

(III) Samuel, son of George and Martha (Harding) Brown, of Eastham, Barnstable county, Massachusetts, took part in the Span- ish war of 1745-49, and the first Indian and French war, 1754-60. He was -moderator of town meeting, June 12, 1729, Eastham, North Precinct. His uncle, Samuel Brown, married Ruth - and had children: Abigail, born in Eastham, July 28, 1709; Samuel, April 27, 17II ; Samuel (2), January 25, 1713-14; Me- hitable, December 1, 1714; Ruth, December 25, 1716. He died May 3, 1739, aged forty- eight years. Samuel and his wife, whose name is not identified in the lost list of Browns, had children, including a son Solomon (q. v.).

(IV) Solomon, son of Samuel Brown, of Eastham, Barnstable county, Massachusetts, removed to Gorham, Cumberland county, dis- trict of Maine, which township had been granted to the soldiers who served in the King Philip war, 1728, and was first settled in 1736, and at that time was known as Narragansett No. 7, afterwards Gorhamtown, in honor of Captain John Gorham, and the town was in- corporated in 1764. Solomon Brown was a member of Captain Hart William's company in the Eighteenth Continental Regiment, Colo- nel Edward Phinney. He married and had a son Simeon (q. v.).

(V) Simeon, son of Solomon Brown, lived in Gorham, from which town he joined the Continental army as a member of the Fifteenth Massachusetts line. He married Elizabeth, daughter of James and Mary (Bean) Emery, of Buxton, York county, Maine, and grand- daughter of Captain Jonathan Bean, of Bidde- ford, York county. They had children in- cluding Solomon (q. v.).

(VI) Solomon (2), son of Simeon and Elizabeth (Emery) Brown, was born in Gor- ham, Maine, March 5, 1795, died July 19, 1875. He married (first) October 17, 1813, Sarah Elizabeth Rumery, of Biddeford. Mar- ried (second) 1825, Sarah P. Saleme. Mar- ried (third) 1854, Julia Plimpton, of Wal- pole, Massachusetts. He settled in Litchfield, Kennebec county, Maine, where he was one of the founders and first treasurer of Litchfield Academy. Children of first marriage: I. Elizabeth Emery, born 1817, died at Defiance, Ohio, November II, 1883; married (first) Ja- bez Nickerson; (second) Thomas J. Cole ; no issue. 2. Priscilla (q. v.). Children of sec- ond marriage: 3. Margaret, born September 15, 1827, died March 1, 1869; married, in 1857, Israel Preble, of Richmond, Maine ; chil- dren : Frederick, L., Horace Wilber and Horace E. 4. Edward Payson, born Sep- tember 15, 1828; married, in 1849, Margaret, daughter of John Scott, of Terre Haute, In- diana; died at Terre Haute, November 12, 1855, leaving one child, Ida Scott, who mar- ried Harry Simmons, of Indianapolis, Indiana ; she left one child, Harry Simmons Jr.

(VII) Priscilla, daughter of Solomon and Sarah Elizabeth (Rumery) Brown, born May 18, 1823, was reared in Litchfield, Maine, and married, November 25, 1843, Stanwood Alex- ander, of Richmond, Sagadahoc county, Maine. She died November 17, 1864, leaving one child, De Alva Stanwood Alexander. (See Alexander.) The Stanwood line :

(I) Philip Stanwood, the immigrant, came

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from England to Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1652, and served as selectman of the town in 1667. By his wife Jane had children as fol- lows: Philip; John, 1653; Jane, 1655; Sam- uel (q. v.); Jonathan, March 29, 1661; Naomi, April 29, 1664; Ruth, March 10, 1667; Hannah, September 16, 1670. Philip, the im- migrant, died August 7, 1672, and his widow married, September 12, 1673, John Pearce, as his second wife, and she died August 18, 1706.

(II) Samuel, son of Philip and Jane Stan- wood, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, January 5, 1658. He married, November 16, 1686, Hannah Babson and had five children before 1695, of which Ebenezer (q. v.) is named as having in 1695 removed to Ames- bury. Samuel Stanwood served in King Philip's war, 1676-78, Queen Ann's war 1703- 13, and received a grant of land at Kettle Cove, Cumberland county, district of Maine, for services in the Colonial wars.

(III) Ebenezer, son of Samuel and Hannah (Babson) Stanwood, was born in Gloucester ; removed to Brunswick, Cumberland county, Maine, 1717, was lieutenant in Captain John Gile's company in Lovewell's war, 1722-25, and selectman in 1743-45. He married and had three sons as follows: I. David, had a son William who was at the battles of Monmouth and White Plains in the revolutionary war ; he served as selectman, was representative to legislature, and was an overseer of Bowdoin College. 2. William (q. v.). 3. Samuel, the first representative to the general court of Massachusetts; to Samuel's branch belongs Mrs. James G. Blaine and Mary Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamilton).

(IV) William, son of Ebenezer Stanwood, was born in 1726, in Brunswick, Cumberland county, Maine. He served in the Spanish or fifth Indian war, 1745-49 ; as a selectman 1767- 69 and 1774-81, and in 1778-79 was a mem- ber of a committee to supply families of revo- lutionary soldiers and to fix prices so as to prevent a monopoly in trade. He married Elizabeth Reed, of Topsham. Children : Will- iam, Thomas, David, James, Samuel, Philip, James (q. v.), Margaret and Elizabeth. Will- iam Stanwood died July 17, 1797; his wife died October 6, 1819, aged ninety-three.

(V) James, son of William and Elizabeth (Reed) Stanwood, was born in Brunswick, Maine, February 28, 1763. He married, Oc- tober 29, 1786, Margaret, born November 7, 1767, daughter of Judah Chase, of Brunswick, who settled there in 1752, served in the French or sixth Indian war, 1754-60, and married

Margaret Children of James and Margaret (Chase) Stanwood: David, Mar- garet (q. v.), James, Judah and Elizabeth.

(VI) Margaret, daughter of James and Margaret (Chase) Stanwood, was born in Brunswick, Maine, August 13, 1790, died De- cember 1, 1845. She married, March 20, 1812, Campbell Alexander, of Richmond, Sagadahoc county, Maine (see Alexander). The Camp- bell line is as follows :

(I) William Campbell, of Campbelltown, Argyleshire, Scotland, a descendant and cadet of the house of Auchinbreck and a Covenanter who, after participating in Monmouth rebel- lion escaped to Londonderry, Ireland, in 1685, and afterwards engaged in the defense of that stronghold against the siege holding the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the forces of William of Orange. He left two sons, James and Samuel (q. v.).

(II) James, son of William Campbell, was born in county Ulster, Ireland, and settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire, in 1735, from whence he went to Cherry Valley, New York, 1741. He married, in Ireland, Jane or Jennet Humphrey ; children: John, William (q. v.), James and Elizabeth.

(III) William (2), son of James and Jane or Jennet (Humphrey) Campbell, settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and afterward removed to Falmouth, Maine. He had at least one son, William (q. v.).

(IV) Captain William (3), son of William (2) Campbell, was born in Falmouth, Maine. He married, 1765, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Jenkins) Price, and granddaughter of Samuel Jenkins, all of whom removed from England to St. Eustatius, one of the Dutch West India Islands, and afterwards to the English island of St. Kitt, where in 1747 John Price and Sarah Jenkins were married. Sub- sequently Sarah (Jenkins) Price and her daughter, Elizabeth Price, removed to Fal- mouth, Maine, where Sarah, or Madam Price, as she was popularly known, taught the first ladies' school established in that place. Madam Price died August 5, 1824, having attained the age of ninety-four years. The Price family are buried in the Eastern Cemetery of Port- land. Captain William and Elizabeth (Price) Campbell had three children : Betsey (q. v.), Aletta and Alexander.

(V) Betsey, daughter of Captain William and Elizabeth (Price) Campbell, was born in Falmouth, Maine, September 15, 1769, died November 18, 1848. She married, December 23, 1786, William Alexander (see Alexander),

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of Harpswell, Cumberland county, Maine. William and Betsey ( Price) Alexander are buried in the Growstown churchyard, Bruns- wick, Maine.

CORSON This name, also spelled Cour- son, first appeared in the town of Lebanon, York county, Maine, two years after the town was incor- porated and the name of Lebanon substituted for the Indian name of Towwoh, by which the territory was granted to the settlers by the general court of Massachusetts, June 25, 1767. Moses and John Corson ( spelled in the muster rolls, Courson), of Lebanon, Maine, enlisted, the former May 15, the latter May 20, 1775, in Captain Philip Hubbard's company, Colonel James Scammon's regiment, and were sta- tioned at Bunker Hill during the historic bat- tle at that place, June 17, 1775. John was a private and died in the army, July 27, 1775. Moses, who married, May 15, 1769, Eliza- beth Perkins, left the army July 2, 1775, and returned to his home.

(I) Aaron Corson came from Rochester, New Hampshire, in 1769 and settled in Le- banon, Maine. He was an original settler on the farm which in 1896 was occupied by the widow of William Corson. Prominence is given to Aaron, as he was a corporal in Cap- tain Jedediah Goodwin's company, Colonel Ed- ward Wigglesworth's regiment, during the American revolution, and was discharged at Albany, New York, November 30, 1776. The name of his wife is not on record, but he had children : John, see forward. Enoch, married Betsey, daughter of Daniel and Dorothy (Tuttle) Lord, of Lebanon. Dorcas, died un- married.

(II) John, son of Aaron Corson, was born in 1773 in Lebanon, Maine, four years after his father settled there, and he died April 18, 1885. He was married in Lebanon, Novem- ber 13, 1794, to Tamson Hodgdon, who was born in 1774, and died July 10, 1865.

(I) Samuel Corson, brother of Aaron, settled in Lebanon, Maine, in 1770, and died there in 1785. The New Hampshire Revo- lutionary Rolls show him to have been a mem- ber of a party "Scouting in the woods under Captain Timothy Robards, for ten days, from June 18, 1744," at Rochester, New Hampshire. He was also in a scouting party at Rochester under Samuel Miller from June 29 to July 13, 1744, and is borne as a sergeant on the muster roll of Captain James Guppy's company of twenty men who received allowance for serv- ices at Rochester in 1746. Among his chil-

dren were: John Tibbits, see forward. Levi, a lieutenant in the militia of the town of Le- banon.

(II) John Tibbits, son of Samuel Corson, was born in Lebanon, Maine, November 15, 1774, and died February 29, 1848. He was also a lieutenant in the militia of the town of Lebanon. He married, October 28, 1794, Sarah Churchill, who died January 6, 1863. Of their seventeen children eight attained ma- turity.

(III) Eri Drew, youngest child of John Tibbits and Sarah (Churchill) Corson, was born September 6, 1818, and died January I, 1853. He married, August 12, 1841, Lydia (who died in Washington, District of Colum- bia, April 7, 1891), daughter of Ebenezer and Margaret (Lord) Peirce. They had three sons : George Edgar, see forward. James Hyler, enlisted at the age of seventeen years in the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, October 12, 1861, and died of typhoid fever at Camp California, near Alexandria, Virginia, January 9, 1862. Eri Everett, died at the age of three years.

(IV) George Edgar, eldest child of Eri Drew and Lydia (Peirce) Corson, was born in Lebanon, Maine, July 30, 1842. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of his native town and in the Lebanon Academy. August 30, 1861, at the age of nineteen years, he enlisted at Dover, New Hampshire, in the Seventeenth United States Regular Infantry, the regiment being at that time stationed and in progress of organization at Fort Preble, Portland Harbor, Maine. Soon after report- ing at the fort he was placed on extra duty as acting quartermaster and commissary ser- geant, and assisted in the organization of the quartermaster and commissary departments of his regiment, and in arming and equipping it for service in the field. In March, 1862, he accompanied his regiment to Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, where it was assigned to duty with the Army of the Potomac, with which it saw active and honorable service until the close of the war. While stationed in front of Yorktown in April, 1862, he was appointed by the commanding officer of his regiment the commissary sergeant of its First Battalion, which rank he held for the remaining two and a half years of his enlistment. He saw service with his regiment in all the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, on the Peninsula, at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, in New York in the suppression of the draft riots, at Mine Run, and in the spring of 1864, through the Wilderness to Spottsylvania. Though a

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non-combatant by virtue of his office as com- missary sergeant, his post of duty being with the wagon train in the rear, and being thereby exempt from all the risks and hazards of battle, yet having the patriotic and fighting blood of his colonial and revolutionary ancestors in his veins, and being desirous of seeing service with his comrades on the firing line, he, on May 8, 1864, applied for and obtained the permission of his superior officer to report to the com- manding officer of his regiment for duty at the front. He did so at once, and participated with his regiment in the battle of Laurel Hill on May 10, and in the battle of Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864. In the last- named engagement he received a severe gun- shot wound through his left side, which be- came the subject of great interest to the army surgeons, and is noted by Surgeon George A. Otis in his "Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion," among the celebrated cases of gunshot wounds of the abdomen. For faith- ful and meritorious service as a non-commis- sioned officer, and for courage and gallantry in action, he was recommended by his regi- mental officers for a commission in the regular army, but being incapacitated by reason of his wound for service in the field, and having no liking for life at an army post, he declined the proffered honor and at the expiration of his term of service, August 29, 1864, took his discharge. A few weeks later he went to Washington, District of Columbia, and on Oc- tober 10, 1864, was appointed to a clerkship in the war department, where he has continued in various positions of trust and responsibility up to the present time (1909). He is an alumnus of the George Washington Univer- sity, having been graduated from the Colum- bian Law School in June, 1871, with the de- gree of Bachelor of Laws, and was at once admitted to the bar and to practice in the courts of the District of Columbia. He was mustered into the Grand Army of the Re- public in 1871 and has been an active worker in that organization for nearly forty years. He was one of the "Old Guard" that pre- served and kept intact the Department of the Potomac, of which he was department com- mander in 1878. He has risen to distinction in all the rites and orders of the Masonic fra- ternity, is a past grand junior warden of the Grand Lodge, past grand high priest of the Royal Arch Masons, past grand commander of the Grand Commandery of the Knights Templar of the District of Columbia, and in- spector general, honorary, of the Thirty-third Degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite ;

he is president of the Masonic Veteran Asso- ciation, a member of the Association of Old- est Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, of the National Geographic Society, of the Amer- ican National Red Cross, and of the Maine Association in the District of Columbia. Mr. Corson married, May 30, 1885, Ellen Louisa, daughter of George M. Seipp, of Baltimore, Maryland, and their only child, Edna Lois, was born March 5, 1886, and is pursuing her studies in the George Washington University, and also in the Library of Congress, in which she holds a position in the classification divis- ion, given her by the librarian because of the special aptitude shown by her as a library student and her interest in library work.

STEADMAN The names of Stedman and Steadman often appear on the early records of towns in Massachusetts and Connecticut. John Stedman was of Cambridge in 1638; John Stedman, of Hartford, had a son John, born there in 1651; Robert Stedman, of Cambridge, was a freeman in 1638; another member of the family resided near Boston, participated either in the revolution or war of 1812, pre- sumably the former, married a Miss Randall, and died of yellow fever. William Stedman moved to Hebron, Maine, married a Miss Gar- diner, whose ancestors came on the "May- flower," her father being one of the members of the famous "Boston Tea Party." From these and others are descended many worthy citizens of New England. The Stedmans came to this country from England, and many of the name are found in Scotland, where it is pronounced as though it were Steedman.

Amasa Steadman, grandfather of James M. Steadman, was born in Hebron, Maine, toward the latter part of the seventeenth century. He married Martha Washburn, and among their children were Ephraim M., see forward; Mrs. Harriet Burnham, of Sanford; and Mrs. J. Keen, of Bridgton.

Ephraim M. Steadman, father of James M. Steadman, was born in Hebron, Maine, Octo- ber 1, 1825. He attended the schools of his native town, acquiring a practical education, and in 1855 established himself in trade at North Livermore, and from that time until his death, a period of half a century, was actively engaged in his chosen vocation of merchant, advancing from the position of pro- prietor of the small country store in Livermore to become the head of Steadman, Hawkes & Company, one of the principal wholesale com- mercial houses in the state. He had a long

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and uniformly successful business career. He was in trade in Lewiston from 1860 to 1874, when he came to Portland and entered the firm of Atwood, Steadman & Company, whole- sale grocers. Shortly afterward, upon the re- tirement of Mr. Atwood, he acquired the en- tire interest in this business, and with the assistance of his son, James M. Steadman, established the firm of E. M. Steadman & Company, at 221 Commercial street, Portland, which by the united efforts of father and son became one of the most successful wholesale houses in the state. In 1902, after twenty-five years of successful business, it was incorporated under the name of Steadman, Hawkes & Company, uniting the business of Skillin, Hawkes & Company with that of the firm and creating one of the largest and most substan- tial wholesale grocery houses upon Commer- cial street. Mr. Steadman took an active part in the management of the company, though his duties at the last, owing to his failing health, were largely assumed by his son and partner, James M. Mr. Steadman had large and important interests outside of his mer- cantile connections. He was one of the found- ers of the Chapman National Bank, in which he served as director from its establishment until his death. He was a member and trustee of the Pine Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Portland, and his benefactions thereto were always timely and considerable. He was a member of Androscoggin Lodge of Odd Fel- lows, and of several other charitable and bene- ficial organizations. He was a prominent and commanding factor in the commercial world, and his career, from the small commencement till success crowned his efforts, should prove an inspiration for others to follow. Mr. Stead- man married, in Winthrop, Maine, 1846, Ann L. Whitney, born at Canton, Maine, October 15, 1826, daughter of James and Ann (Gibbs) Whitney, the latter of whom is a descendant of the Gibbs family, one of the first settlers of Livermore, Maine. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Steadman: James M., see forward, and a child who died young. The married life of Mr. and Mrs. Steadman was particularly long and happy ; the fiftieth anni- versary of their marriage, which was fittingly celebrated in 1896, is well remembered by their many friends as an occasion of great felicity. Mr. Steadman died at his residence, 62 Thom- as street, Portland, May 14, 1905, after a protracted illness of several weeks. His death was keenly felt in the home to which he was most sincerely devoted, and also by all with

whom he had connection, either in business or social life.

James M. Steadman was born in Winthrop, Maine, March 24, 1847. He attended the pub- lic school of Livermore until he was twelve years of age, then attended the Lewiston school, after which he entered the Auburn Academy, completing his studies in that insti- tution. He then became a clerk in his father's general store and was there employed until April 27, 1864, when he enlisted as a private in Captain Sylvanus Cobb's company, Maine Volunteer Infantry, for sixty days. He served with his command at Kittery, Maine, for seven- ty-three days and was then. discharged. Soon afterward he returned to Lewiston and became an apprentice to the trade of machinist. Af- ter working at that three years, he concluded that mercantile life better suited his tastes and inclinations, and accordingly entered the em- ploy of A. M. Jones, retail shoe dealer, in the capacity of clerk, remaining in that capacity two years. In 1870 he entered into partner- ship with his father, and they carried on busi- ness together until 1874, when they disposed of the store and stock. He then became a member of the firm of Atwood, Steadman & Company, of Portland, which firm conducted an extensive and remunerative business. In 1877 the Steadmans, father and son, having gained experience, purchased Mr. Atwood's in- terest, and the firm became E. M. Steadman & Company. In 1902, on the incorporation of Steadman, Hawkes & Company, the following officers were elected: James M. Steadman, president; E. M. Steadman, vice-president ; James F. Hawkes, secretary and treasurer. The business was well and successfully con- ducted, and its owners prospered and were ac- counted among the leading merchants in their line. On January 1, 1908, James M. Stead- man purchased all the stock of the company, and is now sole owner of the business, which is being conducted under the incorporated name. Mr. Steadman is interested in other business enterprises in Portland, serving in the capacity of director in the Chapman National Bank and in the United States Trust Company. He is recognized in the community as a shrewd and practical business man, conducting his operations in a straightforward manner that cannot fail to attract attention and elicit praise. He votes the Republican ticket in national elec- tions, but in local politics is independent. He is a member of Androscoggin Lodge, No. 24, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Au- burn, Maine. Himself and family attend the

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Methodist Episcopal church. James M. Stead- man married, March 22, 1872, Addie F. Carvill, born in Lewiston, Maine, Septem- ber 17, 1849, daughter of Orrin S. and Nancy (Dennett) Carvill, formerly of Lew- iston. who moved to California after the civil war. Mrs. Carvill died in Lewiston, Maine, 1873, aged forty-six years. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Carvill: Almon C., Abbie J., deceased, who married Ed- ward Judkins; Alice, who married George H. Pippy; Addie F., aforementioned as the wife of James M. Steadman. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Steadman: Annie C., born January 17, 1873, died July 10, 1876. Fred E., born May 18, 1877, died December 9, 1883. Maud, born November 19, 1881, wife of Dr. D. W. Co- burn. Patty, born April 23, 1884. Mabel, born June 8, 1887.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 7

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