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Children :
i Albion P., b. Feb. 21, 1826. He was a soldier in the late war, now r. Rumford.
ii Dolly B., b. Nov. 20, 1827, d. Dec. 1828.
iii Child, b. Feb. 11, 1830, d. unnamed.
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iv Harriet Carter, b. Jan. 4, 1832, m. Levi French of Holliston, Mass., d. 1874.
By second wife :
v Nellie R., b. - -, d. Feb. 8, 1870.
vi Mary G., b. - -. She went to Utah.
vii Cullen C., b. -, d. March 3, 1869.
viii Attie N., b. -, went to Utah.
PATTERSON BEATTIE, married Polly Holt of Bethel and lived in the Holt neighborhood. He died Aug. 7, 1862. Children :
i Lawson C., b. Apr. 24, 1837, m. Almira D. Small.
ii Thirza A., b. Apr. 19, 1838, d. Nov., 1862.
BENNETT.
TILTON BENNETT, born in Hill, N. H., May 31, 1812, married Abiah Bean ; he lived in Gilead, Fryeburg Academy and then came to Bethiel, where he died Dec. 29, 1883. He was a farmer. Children :
i Archibald L., b. Aug. 1, 1835, d. July 1, 1864.
ii Freeman, b. Jan. 3, 1837.
iii Freeland, b. Jan. 3, 1837, married Oct. 21, 1864, Sophronia O., daugh- ter of David Holt, and has :
1 Gertrude A., b. May 13, 1866.
2 Laura A., b. Feb. 7, 1868.
3 Linda M., b. Aug. 18, 1870.
4 Marion E., b. May 13, 1873.
iv Vienna, b. Apr. 9, 1839, m. Milton Holt.
v Volerta, b. Apr. 9, 1839, m. Orin P. Kimball.
vi Baby, b. Oct. 9, 1842, d. Feb. 4, 1843.
vii Amanda F. T., b. March 6, 1846, m. Roscoe Barrows.
viii Mary M., b. July 30, 1848, m. Alcander Bean.
ix Ella A., b. May 25, 1853, m. Noah Palmer.
BERRY.
LEVI BERRY, the first settler on the Bird Hill, so-called, in the east parish, was the son of Deacon William Berry of Buckfield, and married Lusannah, daughter of Solomon Bryant of Paris. He came to Bird Hill about 1820, and his three sons and a son-in-law settled around. In a few years they all returned to Paris. Levi Berry died at Smyrna, Me., Feb. 8, 1854. His wife died there previously. Children :
i Levi, Jr., b. June 11, 1801, m. Polly Hammond of Paris.
ii Louvisa, b. April 9, 1803, m. John Lapham.
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iii William, b. April 4, 1805, m. Sally Lovejoy of Norway.
iv Leonard, b. Feb. 7, 1807, m. Hannah Pool of Norway.
V Aurelia, b. April 29, 1810, m. Elijah Swan, Jr., of Paris.
vi Cordelia, b. Aug. 17, 1829, m. Abel Bacon of Woodstock.
BESSE.
CALEB BESSE moved from Paris and settled on land near the ex- treme southeasterly corner of the town. He married Abigail, daughter of Daniel Packard of Buckfield. He died in Woodstock. Children :
i Satina, b. Dec. 18, 1808, m. Jonathan Kimball.
ii Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1810, m. David A. Godwin.
iii Huldah, b. Aug. 13, 1811, m. Jacob Kimball, r. Portland.
iv Caleb, b. July 23, 1823, m. 1st, Rhoda Buck.
v Charles Otis, b. Aug. 17, 1824, d. Aug. 26, 1829.
vi Hannah C., b. Nov. 23, 1826, m. - Ordway.
BISBEE.
MOSES BISBEE, son of Moses and Ellen (Buck) Bisbee of Sum- ner, married Hannah, daughter of James Swan of Swan's Hill. He- was a blacksmith. Children :
i Elizabeth A., b. Oct. 3, 1815, m. Daniel Hollinger.
ii Calvin, b. - , 1817. Went to sea and did not return.
iii Charles D., b. Aug. 24, 1822, m. Maria M. Long.
iv Leander D., b. May 1, 1824, m. Sarah E. Day.
V Alpheus S., b. Apr. 15, 1826, m. Mary A. Day.
vi Wm. W., b. 1828, d. at Puebla, Mexico, a U. S. soldier.
vii Sybil A., b. March 11, 1831, d. 1833. For second wife, he married. Eleanor, daughter of James Beattie, and had :
viii Algernon S., b. May 27, 1834, m. Angie Emery.
ix Hannah S., b. March 19, 1839, m. Nathaniel Stevens.
x Albert P., b. Apr. 15, 1841, m. Keziah Adley.
CALVIN BISBEE, son of Jonas and Mary J. (Walker) Bisbee of Sumner, born March 17, 1847, married Jan. 5, 1874, Fannie U., daughter of Kingman and Loretta Churchill of Paris. He deals in. general merchandise and does a large business at the Hill. He- came here from Newry. Children :
i Robert C., b. May 9, 1882. ii Helen E., b. Aug. 25, 1885.
BILLINGS.
JARVIS C. BILLINGS, son of Silas and Abigail (Kilgore) Billings, (she was the widow of Luke Russell) carriage and blacksmith, born
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in Woodstock, May 8, 1840, moved here from North Woodstock, and does a large business. He married March 26, 1861, Sarah Frances, daughter of Freeland and Susan (Grant) Kilgore, who was born in Bethel, May 15, 1845. Children :
i Robert H., b. Aug. 14, 1863, m. Jan. 14, 1891, Alice M. Starkweather of Boston.
ii Alice L., b. Sept. 13, 1868.
BIRD.
SAMUEL BIRD, son of John Bird of Norway, married Lucy, daugh- ter of Daniel Dunn, and lived on the Bird Hill. He was Captain of the militia. He moved to Albany and died there. Children :
i Harriet, b. Aug. 26, 1830, m. Fessenden Stearns and d. soon after.
ii Clementine, b. March 9, 1834, m. Rev. Charles T. D. Crockett, d. 1890.
iii James Freeland, b. Feb. 4, 1835, m. Rosilla Bisbee.
iv Wm. Wallace, b. Jan. 27, 1840, m. Caroline A. Jordan.
v Nancy, b. Jan. 26, 1843.
JOHN BIRD, JR., from Norway, married Ann, daughter of Amos Young of Greenwood, who died in 1844, and second, Emma, daugh- ter of Rev. Daniel Mason. He settled on the Bird Hill about 1834, subsequently returned to Norway. He was deacon of the Baptist church. Children :
By first wife :
i Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 4, 1833, d. Aug, 25, 1850.
ii John Madison, b. Dec. 15, 1836, m. Eliza J. Jackson.
iii Amos Ambrose, b. June 30, 1840, d. Sept. 13, 1842.
iv Angerone A., b. Feb. 18, 1844, in. Cyrus H. Witt of Norway.
By second marriage :
v Amos Ambrose, b. March 20, 1846, m. Anna J. Edgerly.
vi James E., b. Sept. 4, 1850, m. Martha H. Gould of Bridgton.
vii Martha A., b. May 25, 1854, m. Charles H. Barnard of Bridgton.
LYMAN BIRD of Norway, married first, Eliza, daughter of Capt. Amos Young of Greenwood, and second, Ruth H. Upton of Albany. He lived on Bird Hill, near his brother John, and then moved to Swan's Hill and died some years ago. He was a drummer in old militia times. Children ;
i Wellington, b. Sept. 15, 1837, killed by the cars in Bethel.
ii Polly, b. Apr. 11, 1839.
iii Rowena, b. May 22, 1841, d. Sept. 9, 1842. 1
iv Rowena Jane, b. July 6, 1843.
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BLAKE.
The Blake family came into Bethel in the early part of the cen- tury. Benjamin Blake was of Wolfborough, N. H., and had at least two sons, David and Jonathan, and three daughters, Eliza- beth, Mary, and Hannah who married James Lary and moved to Gilead, Me. He died in that town, aged 99 years. His son Jona- than remained in his native town and there raised up a family. He was prominent there and one of the selectmen for 30 or more years. The daughters also married there. David married Hannah Messer, lived in Wolfborough, then moved with his family to Gilead, to the Lary farm. Here his wife died and he married Louisa Evans of Roxbury, Mass. About the year 1803, he moved to Bethel and built what was then known as Blake's Mills on the Alder river, afterward known as Walker's Mills and now as Virgin's Mills. In 1817, he moved to New York and then to Ohio, where he died. Children :
i Benjamin, b. Wolfborough, m. Nancy Ripley of Rumford, born in Methuen, Mass.
ii Jonathan, b. Wolfborough. He remained in Wolfborough.
iii Micaiah, b. Wolfborough, m. his brother Benjamin's widow.
iv Lydia, b. Wolfborough. She m. Luther Varney of Dover, N. H.
v Nancy, b. Wolfborough, m. William Carpenter of Bethel, s. James- town, N. Y.
vi Stephen, b. Wolfborough. He went to Indiana.
vii Betsey, b. Gilead, 1798, m. Curatio Twitchell.
By second wife :
viii Hannah, b. Bethel, -, went to Ohio.
ix Sophronia Esther, b. Jan. 25, 1804, went to Ohio.
X David, b. March 1, 1808.
xi James, b. June 20, 1809.
xii Lucy, b. - -. went to Ohio.
xiii Samuel, b. - , went to Ohio.
xiv Fanny M., b. New York, - -, went to Ohio.
BENJAMIN BLAKE, eldest son of the preceding, married Nancy, daughter of Joshua Ripley of Rumford, formerly of Methuen, Mass. He bought the mills at South Bethel of his father. He died early and his widow married his brother Micaiah. Children :
i David, b. -. He married Olive Adams of Gilead, and moved to that town, where he died.
ii John Ripley, b. -. When the war of the rebellion broke out he was living in Georgia. He then went to Indiana and thence to Nebraska.
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MICAIAH BLAKE, brother of the preceding, in 1816, married his: brother's widow. He sold the mills to Deacon Jonathan Abbott, and bought the farm farther on towards Bethel Hill, afterwards. occupied by Nathan Eames, John Needham, and now by Ira Cush- man. In 1822, he exchanged this farm with James Annas for one still nearer Bethel Hill, long known as the Blake farm, and here he lived and died in 1867, aged 77 years. He was a hard-working and. thrifty farmer. His widow died March, 1875, aged 92 years. Children :
i Jonathan, b. June 11, 1817, m. Elizabeth S. Crockett, s. Norway ..
ii Galen, b. Feb. 20, 1819, d. young.
iii Gilman Lary, b. Dec. 20, 1820, m. Aura Cummings.
iv Albion Perry, b. Aug. 8, 1822, d. Aug. 8, 1823.
V Micaiah, b. Feb. 5, 1824.
vi Galen, b. Feb. 5, 1825, m. Dolly E. Moody, r. Bethel.
vii Nancy, b. March 24, 1826, m. Stephen Seavey.
viii Albion Perry, b. May 4, 1829, m. Arvilla Ripley.
GILMAN LARY BLAKE, son of Micaiah Blake, married August, 1854, Aura, daughter of Joseph Cummings of Greenwood. He has, been a farmer and trader; was early a school teacher. He has- served as selectman and held other town offices. Child :
Frank G., b. Oct., 1854, m. Josephine Kimball, and resides in La Jara, Colorado.
DAVID BLAKE, son of Benjamin Blake, married Feb. 21, 1843, Olive Adams of Gilead, who was born Oct. 31, 1818. He lived for a time in Bethel and then moved to Gilead, where he died Aug. 8,. 1856. Children :
i Ellen Maria, b. Bethel, Feb. 13, 1844, m. Abial Chandler, Jr.
ii David Newton, b. July 7, 1845, m. Nov. 27, 1881, Eunice, daughter of Elbridge G. Fifield ; he is a farmer and lives in Bethel.
iii Mary Olive, b. Sept. 29, 1846, d. June 29, 1862.
iv Hannah Elizabeth, b. Dec. 26, 1847, m. James N. Hodsdon.
V Isaac Adams, b. Oct. 21, 1849, m. M. E. Soule.
vi Son, b. Gilead, d. unnamed.
vii Eliphalet Adams, b. Apr. 26, 1852.
viii Benjamin Franklin, b. Sept. 3, 1853.
ix Adoniram Judson, b. May 10, 1855.
x Lillian Apphia, b. March 11, 1857.
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BOND.
WILLIAM BOND, who came from England and was the progenitor .of all the Bonds of Watertown, Mass., purchased a farm in that town, Nov. 15, 1654. He held various offices ; often represented Watertown, and was elected speaker of the General Court, 1691, '92, '93 and '95. His son, "Col. Jonas Bond, Esq.," born July 13, 1664, married Grace Coolidge, Jan. 29, 1688, second, widow of John Prentice, who was born Apr. 28, 1658, died Jan. 25, 1740. He represented the town many years in the General Court. He belonged to the military forces sent to invade Canada in 1690, under Sir Wm. Phips, and died Apr. 21, 1727. His second child, named Jonas, b. Dec. 10, 1691, married Hannah Bright, Dec. 4, 1718, d. Sept., 1768. He was a Justice of the Peace and repre- sented the town in the General Court eleven years. Their fourth child, named Jonas, b. Aug. 10, 1726, m. Apr. 25, 1753, Ruth Harrington. She d. 1819, the mother of nine children. In 1794, he made a will, one bequest of which reads : "I give to my three sons, the whole of my estate in the eastern country." This had reference to lands in Bethel which eventually came into the posses_ sion of Elijah Bond, one of the three sons.
This Elijah Bond was the eighth child in a family of nine child- ren, b. at Watertown, Mass., May 12, 1767. For a period of two or three years he occupied his Bethel estate, including certain islands in the Androscoggin river, above the Bethel bridge, but April 2, 1800, he married Sarah, the second child of Abraham Russell of Bethel, and removed to Falmouth now Deering, a half mile from Stroudwater Village, where he purchased a fine farm, and d. Dec. 31, 1837. His wife died June 5, 1846. Children :
i Hannah, b. July 15, 1801, m. Henry Chapman of Parsonsfield, b. Nov. 19, 1795, d. March 31, 1873. She d. Dec. 31, 1881. They lived in Westbrook. Henry Chapman was related to the Bethel families of this name. Their fourth child Leonard Bond Chapman, b. Feb. 3, 1834, married Ruby Frost, b. July 4, 1837, daughter of Edmund Merrill of this town, and resides in Deering.
ii Sarah, b. April 9, 1803, d. unmarried, Dec. 31, 1881.
iii Jonas, b. Aug. 27, 1805, d. unmarried, Dec. 17, 1857.
iv Elijah, b. Sept. 10, 1807, m. Elizabeth Angel, d. Feb. 2, 1851.
V Leonard, b. Nov. 27, 1809, d. Apr. 22, 1859.
vi Dennis, b. - -, d. at New Orleans, Oct. 26, 1834, aged 22.
vii Mary, b. -, d. in Portland, unmarried, Feb. 23, 1884.
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BONNEY.
MARSHAL BONNEY was an early cabinet maker and lived at Bethel Hill. His children by wife Marcia are recorded here, as follows :
i Alexis Marshal, b. Aug. 29, 1820. ii Count DeGrasse, b. Oct. 14,. 1822, d. Apr. 15, 1823. iii Marcia Ann, b. July 8, 1824.
BRAY.
REV. EBENEZER BRAY was early settled over the Baptist church here. He came in 1807, and resigned his charge in 1812. On our records are the names of the following Children :
i Sally, b. Feb. 21, 1800. ii Betsey, b. May 30, 1802. iii Ebenezer, b. Aug. 27, 1804. iv Olive, b. Sept. 6, 1808. v Eliza, b. Oct. 18, 1808 .. vi Washington, b. Apr. 7, 1811.
BRIGGS.
EDWIN RUTHVEN BRIGGS, son of Luther and Bethiah (Swan) Briggs, was born in Woodstock, Oct. 22, 1841. He is a farmer and a puzzle-maker, in the latter pursuit having a wide reputation. He married Jan 1, 1861, Elvira Ann, daughter of Benaiah Dow of Woodstock, who died Feb. 21, 1889. Children :
i Ella Adelaide, b. Oct. 29, 1863, m. John Wight of Gilead. ii Edgar Rupert, b. Nov. 9, 1867. iii Eugene Allyn, b. Oct. 17, 1871. iv Etta Rowena, b. March 3, 1874. v Emma Alice, b. Bethel, Oct. 5, 1877. vi Elmer Rutherford, b. June 27, 1881. vii Edith Azora, b. June 9, 1884. viii Elbridge Ray, b. Apr. 29, 1888.
BROWN.
BENJAMIN BROWN was the first of the name to settle in Bethel. He came from some town in New Hampshire, and his wife, who was Hannah Russell, came on horseback. He died June 30, 1819. He had been a revolutionary soldier. His family record is incom- plete. Children :
i Benjamin, b. - , m. Mary O'Donahue of Brunswick.
ii Lydia, b. - , m. Jonathan Smith.
iii Hannah, b. -, m. David Smith.
iv Polly, b. Merrimac, N. H., Sept. 15, 1795, m. Peter G. Smith.
V Nancy, b. - , m. Alpheus Swan.
vi Simeon, b. Apr. 27, 1798, m. Sophia Holt of Fryeburg.
vii Dolly, b. Sept. 18, 1800, m. 1856, Kimball Bean.
viii Haskell, b. Dec. 15, 1802.
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SIMEON BROWN married Sophia Holt of Fryeburg. He resided at various places in town, at one time at Middle Interval. Children ;.
i William Franklin, b. June 17, 1823, d. Sept. 28, 1825.
ii William Franklin, b. Oct. 8, 1825, m. Sylvia Sanborn.
iii Washington Frye, b. Nov. 11, 1829, killed in the army.
iv James Osgood, b. July 3, 1832, m. Loretta P. Bean.
v Charles Mason, b. Feb. 7, 1835.
vi John, b. Nov. 21, 1838, d. Nov. 29, 1839.
vii Orrin Swan, b. Oct. 11, 1841.
JOSIAH BROWN, of another family, married Mehitable, daughter of Asa Lovejoy. He lived in the Chandler neighborhood. Children :
i Elijah, b. Feb. 6, 1822, m. Abigail Y. Swan.
ii Elias, b. Apr. 18, 1823, d. unmarried.
iii Sarah, b. Dec. 18, 1827.
iv Mary, b. Nov. 3, 1829.
v Mehitable, b. Jan. 10, 1832, d. July 20, following.
vi Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1835.
ROBBINS BROWN, brother of the preceding, married Hannah, daughter of Asa Lovejoy. He was a tanner and lived on Bethel Hill. Children :
i David F., b. Sept. 28, 1812, m. Nancy Richardson.
ii Hannah, b. March 10, 1814, d. Aug. 17, 1823.
iii Josiah, b. June 21, 1815, m. Mary A. Stevens.
iv Robbins, b. Oct. 26, 1817, m. 1st, Mary Ayer, 2d, Ausina Barker.
v Mehitable, b. Apr. 13, 1819, m. Eli Grover.
BENJAMIN T. BROWN married Phebe, daughter of Edmund Bean. He lived on the river road above Bean's Corner. Children :
i
Charles Henry, b. June 2, 1841.
ii Edmund Bean, b. Nov. 11, 1843.
DAVID F. BROWN, son of Robbins Brown of Bethel, married Nancy Richardson. He was one of the well known tanners at the Hill. Children :
i Ellen M., twins, b. July 21, 1838, d. young.
ii Hellena A.,
iii Harlan Page, b. Oct. 12, 1839. He graduated at Bowdoin College; enlisted in the war, was commissioned as Lieutenant, and was killed while leading his men at the battle of Antietam.
iv William H. H., b. Nov. 9, 1840, died in the army.
v Charles Elbridge, b. Jan. 23, 1843, died in Bethel.
vi George H., b. July 25, 1851; P. M. at Bethel, died 1889.
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JOSIAH BROWN, son of Robbins Brown, married Mary Stevens of Sweden. He was a shoemaker near the Hill. Children :
i Hannah Ellen, b. May 23, 1841.
ii Eli G., b. May 25, 1843.
iii David B., b .. - -, 1848.
iv Harriet L., b. - -, 1856.
V Frances H., b. -, 1858.
ROBBINS BROWN, JR., tanner at Bethel Hill, married in 1846, Mary Ayer, who died, and Feb. 10, 1855, he married Ausina, daughter of Francis Barker. He died Jan. 9, 1879, and his second wife died at the Maine general Hospital, May 23, 1882. Children :
i Fred Ingalls, b. Jan. 2, 1857, m. Sept. 16, 1880, Agnes Izella Brown.
ii William, b. Oct. 13, 1863, m. Lola Florence Hart of Peabody, Mass., Aug. 7, 1889. He graduated at Bowdoin College, class of 1885, taught at Norway and Hopkinton, Mass., until 1889, then studied medicine and graduated from the Maine Medical School in 1891, when he was appointed House pupil at the Maine General Hospital.
JAMES OSGOOD BROWN, son of Simeon Brown, married Oct. 28, 1860, Loretta P., daughter of Eliphaz C. Bean. He is a farmer at East Bethel. Children :
i Alphonzo A., b. June 30, 1861, d. March 7, 1884. ii John S., b. July 13, 1869. iii Emma W., b. Aug. 18, 1872.
SIMEON F. BROWN married Harriet C. Bean. Children :
i Isabelle C., b. March 5, 1857.
ii Phebe K., b. Apr. 30, 1861.
BRYANT.
ABRAHAM BRYANT from Danville, b. Cape Elizabeth, January 5, 1795, married Tabitha Hollis first, and afterwards, Roxalana Stur- tefant. He lived on the Bird Hill ; was deacon of the Methodist church, a hard-working and thrifty farmer. He died Dec. 21, 1873. Children :
i Sarah Ann, b. May 29, 1820, m. Newell F. Rowe of Woodstock.
ii Jairus Shaw, b. Jan. 29, 1824, m. Lucinda Rolfe, r. Rumford.
iii Ephraim, b. May 6, 1826, m. Maroah Tucker.
iv Mary, b. March 28, 1828. She married in Medway, Mass.
v Susan, b. July 15, 1830, m. Ist, Albion P. Cole, 2d, Danville J. Libby.
vi Elizabeth C., b. July 10, 1830, d. unmarried.
vii Charles Cumner, b. Aug. 14, 1835, m. Lydia Chase.
viii Jedediah, b. Sept. 9, 1839, died young.
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ix George Childs, b. Oct. 1, 1841, m. Lydia Hobbs.
By second wife :
x Benjamin R., b. July 10, 1843, m. Flavilla Davis.
xi Henry H., b. Oct. 27, 1845, m. 1st, Esther Bennet, 2d, Ella Farewell ; d. July 11, 1882.
xii Earl P., b. May 24, 1849, m. Etta Mayberry.
xiii Lewis T., b. Oct. 24, 1851, m. Anna Bean.
xiv Hannah S., b. May 8, 1859, d. March 23, 1880.
XV Addie R., b. March 24, 1861, m. W. R. Farewell.
EPHRAIM BRYANT. son of Abraham Bryant, a farmer, resides on Bird Hill. He married Dec. 24, 1850, Maroah, daughter of George and Hannah (York) Tucker. Children :
i
Florena Adelaide, b. Sept. 5, 1854, m. Aug. 7, 1880, Frank H. Estes.
ii Abraham, b. Sept. 24, 1856, m. Hattie Hinman of North Stratford, who d. May 15, 1891.
iii Azel Bumpus, b. Oct. 9, 1862, m. Feb. 11, 1884, Bertha C. Peverly, and second, Helen S. Foster.
iv Minnie Elnora, b. Nov. 17, 1864, d. Aug. 7, 1882.
V Son, b. Feb. 5, 1868, d. Feb. 10, following.
BENJAMIN R. BRYANT, son of Abraham Bryant, lived for a time on the old homestead, then sold out and bought the Barbour Bart- lett farm below Mayville. He is a thrifty farmer and a good busi- ness man and citizen. He married Sept. 16, 1866, Ellen Flavilla, daughter of Dr. David W. Davis. Children :
i Frank D., b. Aug. 11, 1867, m. Nov. 12, 1890, Grace H. Fox. He is an engineer and electrician.
ii Alton B., b. July 2, 1869.
iii Bert L., b. May 8, 1872.
iv Mason D., b. Feb. 20, 1883.
CHAUNCEY C. BRYANT, son of William G. and Phebe A. (Billings) Bryant, born at North Woodstock, Aug. 20, 1852, married Nov. 27, 1876, Ella A., daughter of James Smith of Colebrook, N. H. He is a farmer and a dealer in meats and ice. Child :
William C., b. Nov. 5, 1877.
BURBANK.
ELIPHALET BURBANK, born in Bradford, Mass., June 22, 1760, married Susanna Jackman, who was born in Bradford, Dec. 21, 1763. He moved to Gilead, Me., where he died July 4, 1816 ; his widow died July 24, 1847. Children :
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i Sarah, b. Bradford, Jan. 2, 1780.
ii Abraham, b. Nov. 12, 1781.
iii Jedediah, b. July 8, 1784.
iv Abigail, b. Sept. 8, 1786, d. March, 1790.
v Susanna, b. Dec. 10, 1788, d. Oct. 23, 1851.
vi Eliphalet, b. Jan. 15, 1791, m. Betsey Lary, d. May 30, 1856.
vii John, b. Jan. 27, 1793.
viii Barker, b. Sept. 8, 1795.
ix James, b. Jan. 13, 1798.
X Abigail, b. Feb. 6, 1800, m. Eleazer Rowe.
xi Myra, b. Gilead, Aug. 18, 1803, m. Thomas Lary.
xii Elizabeth, b. March 18, 1806, m. Ephraim Rowe.
JEDEDIAH BURBANK, son of the preceding, (see page 113) mar- ried first, Nov. 13, 1803, Esther, daughter of Jonathan Clark, and second, January 9, 1828, Frances, daughter of Titus O. Brown : Children :
i Sarah Jackman, b. July 26, 1805, m. Nathan F. Twitchell.
ii Edward Parker, b. Sept. 3, 1811, m. first, Feb. 8, 1834, Sarah M. Graves, 2d, January 20, 1841, Emily Mclellan. He d. in New York, Feb. 10, 1847.
iii Mary Eliza, b. Feb. 4, 1817, m. Feb. 25, 1841, Edward P. Weston, d. Sept. 15, 1868.
iv Fordyce Clark, b. Dec. 13, 1820, m. January 13, 1842, Drusilla P. Ingalls.
v Alma Esther, b. July 29, 1825, m. January 13, 1847, Mark E. Lowell. By second marriage :
vi Augustus Jedediah, b. March 5, 1829. He graduated from Bowdoin College, class of 1849, taught academies at St. Albans, Lee and Dennysville, was in business at Hartland and Portland, served as Captain in the first Maine Cavalry during the war, settled in Iowa and then in Chicago. He married Harriet E., daughter of Dr. Calvin Blake of Hartland; no issue.
vii Albert Little, b. Oct. 18, 1831, m. Isabella G., daughter of Dr. Joshua Fanning. He was town clerk of Bethel; clerk of courts for Ox- ford county ; long an official in the Portland Custom House, and now a merchant in Portland. He still retains the old homestead in Bethel, where he was brought up and which he carried on for several years after his father's death, and has a lively interest in everything pertaining to his native town.
BURNHAM.
PINCKNEY BURNHAM, son of Perley Putnam and Mary A. (Adams) Burnham, came here from Gilead. His father died in 1820, and his mother became the wife of Joseph Greeley Swan. Mr. Burnham
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long carried on the carriage business, but in later years has been in trade. He twice represented the town in the Legislature. He married first, Sept. 10, 1839, Lydia, daughter of Jesse Cross ; second, Feb. 22, 1845, Betsey M., daughter of Joel Austin of Can- ton ; third, April 7, 1864, Nancy E., daughter of James Walker. Children :
i Lydia U., b. April 11, 1847, m. Feb. 10, 1876, Eli W. Barker.
ii Cora B., b. July 7, 1849.
iii Pinckney P., b. Jan. 19, 1852, on Aug. 10, 1878 m. Minnie DeGraw.
iv Elberta E., b. May 26, 1857.
v Mattie M., b. Oct. 14, 1858.
vi James W., b. Sept. 5, 1866, d. Feb. 6, 1867.
CAPEN.
TIMOTHY CAPEN, son of Thomas Capen of Rumford, married Ruth, widow of Ezekiel Duston. For second wife he married Sarah Abbot. He lived on Middle Intervale road, near the Abbot, Russell place. Children :
i Louisa, b. Jan. 13, 1816.
ii Lucy Ann, b. Sept. 12, 1819, m. Hiram T. Ellingwood.
iii Francis B., b. May 1, 1822, d. Aug. 29, 1823.
iv Mary A., b. Jan. 28, 1824.
By second wife :
v Casper L., b. April 23, 1835, m. Abbie A. Coffin.
vi Lydia Abbot, b. July 9, 1837.
vii Edward Abbot, b. April 13, 1839, m. Mary J. Abbot.
viii William Gray, b. April 9, 1842.
CARTER.
DR. TIMOTHY CARTER, married first Fannie, daughter of Dr. James Freeland of Sutton, Mass., who died Nov. 14, 1815, and second, Lydia, daughter of Theodore Russell of Bethel. (See. page 292.) Children : By first wife :
i Lawson, b. Nov. 20, 1793, m. Mary S. Gale.
ii Galen, b. June 19, 1795, m. Eliza Ketchum of New York.
iii James Freeland, b. May 12, 1797, m. Harriet Taylor.
iv Timothy Jarvis, b. Aug. 19, 1800. m. Arabella Rawson.
v Luther Cullen, b. Feb. 25, 1805, m. Mary L. Conorse.
vi Frances, b. Sept. 1, 1809, m. Robert A. Chapman.
vii Elias Mellen, b. Sept. 11, 1811, m. Rebecca Williamson.
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By second wife :
viii Lydia Diana, b. March 22, 1823, unmarried, New York.
ix Sarah Walker, b. May 8, 1824, d. June, 1843.
x Abigail, b. April 8, 1825, m. Rev. Mark Gould.
xi Theodore Russell, b. July 12, 1827, m. Sarah Berdene, r. New York City.
xii Benjamin, b. July 4, 1832, m. Margaret Walker, r. New York.
HON. ELIAS M. CARTER, married Rebecca, daughter of John and Ann (McClure) Williamson. He resided at Middle Intervale on the old homestead of Dr. Carter, and died Nov. 17, 1880. (See page 121.) Children :
i Fanny Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1838, m. Luther L. Carter.
ii Augustus Mellen, b. Oct. 9, 1840, m. Mary F. Stanley.
iii Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1843, m. Dr. P. Cleaveland Wiley.
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