History of Cumberland Co., Maine, Part 88

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 780

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RELIGIOUS.

CONGREGATIONALIST CHURCH.

Rev. Samuel Foxcroft, the first settled minister of New Gloucester, graduated at Harvard College in 1754, and was ordained at the Fort, amid much merry-making, by Rev. Thomas Smith and Rev. Samuel Deane, Jan. 16, 1765, in the presence of about 40 families, constituting the inhabi- tants of the town at that time. But S of these united as members of the church then organized. John Tufts, Jabez True, Daniel Merrill, Moses Woodbury, William Stevens,

# The frst named is both collector and constable, the others con- stables only.

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Peleg Chandler, and Ebenezer Mason were of this number. In 1760, 61 persons joined in building a meeting-house. Each pew-holder bought his share and erected his own pew, surrounded by high wooden walls and railings. Rev. Mr. Foxcroft ceased preaching in 1786, in consequence of opposition from a majority of the town, and Rev. Nathan Church, of Bridgton, supplied his place in 1787, after which he resumed the charge until 1791. Rev. Wait Cornwall preached in 1791; Rev. Nathan Bradstreet, 1792-93; and Rev. James Boyd in 1798. In 1800 the General Court proceeded to arraign them for having no established preacher. The subsequent pastors were Elisha Mosely, ordained 1802, died 1826; Benjamin Rice, ordained 1828; Samuel II. Shepley, ordained 1838; Newall A. Prince, ordained 1848; Charles Packard, installed 1854 ; Wellington R. Cross, installed 1865, discharged 1873 ; J. G. Leavitt, 1876 to 1879.

Deacons .- Micah Walker, 1778; Daniel Merrill, John Sawyer, Israel Parsons, to 1825.

The first Free-Will Baptist meetings recorded were held June 18, 1780, and on the 26th of that month the ordinance of baptism was administered. By 1786 they had so increased in numbers, in connection with the Uni- versalists, as to defeat the established Congregationalist Church in town parish-meeting by 2 votes, and subse- quently to prevent the establishment of a regular minister by that body. Ebenezer Lake and Nathaniel Haskell were among the earliest members. The church organized during that year, and in 1803 met in council at the house of Rev. Ephraim Stinchfield, where they assumed the name of "General Provisional Anti-Pedobaptist Church," under which name they were incorporated in June, 1805. Wil- liam and Thankful Megquier, Sally Witham, Betsey Wood- man, and Eliphalet Haskell, who was made first clerk, were embodied under the name of the Monthly Meeting of New Gloucester, and soon received additions to their number. Nathaniel Ford, of Gray, was made deacon ; both towns being connected in the organization. Meetings were held at Elder Ephraim Stinchfield's, from 1787 until 1809 and afterwards in a school-house, until the erection of the church in 1837, when the church was reorganized. Wil- liam and Thankful Megquier were the only old members then living. Elder H. Chandler succeeded Elder Samuel Colley as pastor in 1827. The subsequent pastors have been Revs. Jonathan Tracy, 1837; Joseph H. Phinney, 1838-41; George W. Hlaskell, 1842; James Libby, 1844; Smith Fairfield, Franklin Merrill, E. T. Weeks, 1844-45 ; Josiah Keene, 1846 ; Amos Redlon, 1847 ; James Crookett, Aaron Ayer, 1847-48; Isaac Libby, 1849; Wm. P. Nevins, 1851; Asa F. ITutchinson, 1852; Josiah Keene, 1857- 58; Samuel N. Royal, 1859 ; Benjamin P. Parker, 1861 ; 1862 to 1866 no pastor; M. W. Burlingame, 1867; A. S. McLean, 1868; H. Whiteher, 1870; Asa F. IInteh- inson, 1871-75; II. S. Morgan, 1876; Seth Perkins, 1877-79.

Deacons .- Nathan Ford, 1803; Jonathan Haskell, 1839; Freeman Carsley, 1837-58; David Jordan, 1869; Owen Bailey, 1870-73 ; Henry Cummings, John B. Bennett, 1875-79. Present Clerk, Melvin Clark.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

The first mention of Baptists in the town was in 1780. Rev. Henry Smith and Rev. Nath. Lord, from York County, were the first Baptist preachers in this, then new, settlement. On June 26, 1780, occurred the first bap- tismal service, from which time meetings for the worship of God were regularly held in the town by those favorable to the Baptists. In 1781, Rev. James Potter, a pioneer to the Baptists in the interior parts of the State, and instru- mental in laying the foundation of many of the churches, organized a church here of about 20, a part of the mem- bers residing in Gray. The Calvinist Confession of Faith and Covenant were adopted. Mr. Job Macomber, a li- censed Baptist preacher from Middleboro', Mass., was the first minister who continued with them. He was followed by Mr. Nathaniel Merrill, who was subsequently ordained at Gray, Oct. 2, 1787, and served the church quite accept- ably several years. The General Court of Massachusetts passed an act in June, 1790, incorporating them as a re- ligious society. But from the beginning there was a di- vision among the members in regard to the doctrines of Calvinism and Armenianism, which finally resulted in a separation and dissolution of the church, and a new or- ganization was effected Oct. 16, 1794. Rev. Isaac Case, of Readfield, preached the sermon of recognition. The original members were John Warren, Stephen Washburn, James Stinchfield, Robert Herring, John Stinchfield, Job Haskell, Levi Hersey, Isaac Gross, Abigail Warren, Sarah Stinchfield, Anna Bradford, Sarah Gross. John Warren was chosen deacon, and Isaac Gross clerk. Rich- ard Tobie and Dorothy Francis were added by baptism. Rev. Robert Low became the first pastor in 1800. The church grew slowly, but a house of worship was built in 1811, which subsequently was purchased for a town-house, when the new house was built, in 1837. A parsonage was built in 1853.

In some periods of its history the church has been very prosperous, having large congregations on the Sabbath and many additions to its membership. Several of the deacons have filled prominent places in town affairs for successive years, and have been noted for their ability and fidelity as well as their piety. Through death and removal the num- ber of members has been greatly redneed,-the present number being only 54, with Rev. James N. Studley as pastor ; Jacob Roc, Deacon ; Sewall Gross, Clerk.

The following have served the church as pastors : Rev. Robert Low, 1800-1807; Rev. Daniel D. Lewis, 1809- 10; Rev. Robert Low, 1815-20; Rev. Adam Wilson, 1824-27 ; Rev. Enoch W. Freeman, 1827 ; Rev. Robert C. Starr, 1828-36; Rev. Alvan Felch, 1836-42; Rev. Joseph Rieker, 1843-47; Rev. William II. Watson, 1847 -18; Rev. Mylon Merriam, 1850-51 ; Rev. John Rounds, 1852-60 ; Rev. T. J. B. House, 1860-62; Rev. Cyrus HI, Carleton, 1863; Rev. Lebbeus Kingman, 1864-65 ; Rev. Richard J. Langridge, 1866-68; Rev. Walter Chase, 1870 -71; Rev. Henry Stetson, 1872-74 ; Rev. James N. Stud- ley, 1878. The following have been ordained to the min- istry : Robert Low, 1800; Daniel D. Lewis, 1809; Enoch W. Freeman, 1827 ; Alvan Felch, 1836; John Rounds, 1852; Charles 11. Rowe, 1861. There have been licensed

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THE FIRST RES. ERECTED BY ISAAC PARSONS IN 1762.

RESIDENCE OF CHAS. P. HASKELL , NEW GLOUCESTER , MAINE.

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by the church as preachers, Jonathan K. Smith, 1809 ; Robert H. Noyes, 1831 ; Charles II. Rowe, 1857; Edwin A. Wormwood, 1868; Howard C. Rowe, 1872. The fol- lowing have served as deacons : John Warren, David Nel- son, Isaac Gross, William Grover, Charles C. Hlaskell, Otis C. Gross, David Allen, Paine Merrill, Josiah Grover, Prentice C. Woodman, Sylvanus C. Rowe, Amasa Wharff, Daniel L. Tobie, Isaiah Nevins, Jacob Rowe. Post clerks, Isaac Gross, Jabez Woodman, Otis C. Gross, Charles C. Haskell, Prentice C. Woodman, Sewall Gross.

UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.

The Universalist doctrine began to exhibit soon after the arrival of Rev. John Murray, in 1770, but there was no attempt to " poll off"* until 1783, when Solomon Atwood, Nathaniel Bennett, Micah and John Webber, and others joined themselves together in forming a body which aided in outvoting the Established Church in 1786, and in 1789 were so numerous as to receive their share of the parish money. Rev. Thomas Barnes, the first Universalist min- ister settled in the State, followed his Gloucester, Mass., friends to their Eastern home in 1798, traveling and preach- ing until 1802, when he was ordained in Gray, January 6th, by Rev. Zebulon Streeter. Rev. Mr. Barnes continued to preach to them until the sickness which terminated his life in 1816.

April 16, 1805, Jonathan Bennett, Jr., Isaac Blake, William Hatch, Joseph Pennell, Isaac Parsons, John and Robert Mayall, and 42 others, inhabitants of Gray, New Gloucester, Pejepscot and Poland, were incorporated as the First Universalist Society of Christians, of New Gloucester. Lieut. Robert Bayley was moderator of the first meeting ; Reuben Barnes was elected clerk, and Nathaniel Bennett treasurer. Through the exertions of their minister, Rev. Mr. Barnes, who was a member of the Legislature Irom Poland, the burden of supporting a church with which they could not fellowship was removed from all denominations within the State. A building was erected at Gray Corners, in 1839, and dedicated in autumn by Rev. Zenas Thomson, and occupied about twenty years, after which it was sold to the Baptist society of that place. A church was organized in 1840, and 10 new members were baptized.

The ministers have been Elbridge W. Locke, settled in 1839, and ordained in New Gloucester, in 1840; Elbridge Wellington was pastor 1841-43; David T. Stevens, 1841-49; and Rothens M. Byram, Hiram P. Osgood, Horace J. Bradbury, - Foster, Amos Hitchings, Wm. A. Drew, S. H. McAllister, Anson Titus, Jr., J. II. Weeks, D. L. R. Libby, S. S. Fletcher, George G. Hamilton, 1876 to 1879.

SCHOOLS.

The first school-house in the town was built by the proprietors, in 1764. Jolin Stinchfield, David Millet, Ebenezer Mason, and Isaac Parsons were made school com- mittee, and Samson Colbey hired to teach school. Another

school-house was built near the mill, in 1778. In 1777 the school money was divided into four parts, and school kept in the house of Adam Cotton. £250 were appropriated in 1778. There were 5 districts in 1790. In 1803 the school lands were divided among 8 districts, but subsequently formed into a school fund, amounting to 84939.93, in 1815. In 1803, $600 were appropriated for a grammar school in four parts of the town. The district system was abolished in 1877, and the schools are managed by a committee of three, one of whom is elected each year. There are 1I school-houses in the town, valued at $5000. The number of school children in 1878 was 443, of whom 308 were registered on the school rolls. School Committee, 1879 : Rev. J. G. Leavitt, Charles P. Haskell, George G. Pierce.

PHYSICIANS.

Dr. Russell, 1776 ; William Brigham, 1792; Benjamin H. Mace, 1827 ; Joel S. Stevens, 1828; Symonds Baker, 1829 ; Timothy Little, J. D. Sturgis, A. Q. Marshall, and John I. Sturgis, 1879.

LAWYERS.

Hon. William Widgery, one of the most prominent men of his time, was first elected a representative to the General Court of Massachusetts, from 1787 to 1796 ; held the office of State Senator in 1794. He was a representative in the Twelfth Congress of the United States in 1810, where he voted for war in 1812; and was judge of the Court of Common Pleas until his death, in 1832.

Ezekiel Whitman praetieed law in New Gloucester from 1802 to 1817, when he removed to Portland, and became chief justice of the Supreme Court of Maine. A. K. Paris and Josiah W. Mitchell read law in his office while here.

Nathan Weston, late judge of the Supreme Court, came in 1806; removed in 1809.

Gen. Samuel Fessenden began practice here in 1809, and remained eight years. Peleg Chandler, a student in his office here, became judge of the Court of Sessions in 1809, and afterwards moved to Augusta ; he died in 1848. William Bradbury was an early lawyer.

SOCIETIES.

FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS.

Cumberland Lodge, No. 12 .- The charter of this, the third lodge of Masons organized in Cumberland County, bears the date of June 13, A.D. 1803, and is signed by Isaiah Thomas, M. W. G. M., and John Proctor, G. Sec. of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. At the first meeting, held Aug. 2, A.L. 5803, the following were installed officers : R. W. Ezekiel Whitman, Master ; Joseph E. Foxcroft, S. W. ; Nathaniel Jenks, J. W .; Peleg Chandler, Jr., See. ; Na- thaniel C. Allen, Treas .; Samuel Sweet, S. D .; Israel Smith, J. D. Samuel Pingree, Thomas B. Stinchfield, and Rev. Jabez Woodman were initiated in November, 1803. A grand installation of a full list of officers took place at the Congregational meeting-house, September 24th, 37 visiting Masons being present. An address was delivered by Rev. Daniel Weston, a Mason, of Gray. Three of this lodge- Simeon Greenleaf, Samuel Fessenden, and Jabez True-have been Grand Masters of Maine. During the anti-Masonic

* Persons wishing to withdraw from the parish in which they lived, and support the doctrine of their choice instead of the established one, were required to poll, or file their names on the town clerk's rec- ords, with proof of a public teacher or minister under whose teachings they already worshiped. This was termed polling off from tho parish.

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movement, from April 25, 1831, to Jan. 11, 1844, there was no labor in this lodge recorded. A building and hall was erected by them, in 1852, at Upper Gloucester. Contribu- tions have been made to the militia and the Bible Society of Maine, besides their own charities. Officers : Dr. John I. Sturgis, W. M .; John D. Anderson, S. W .; Wm. A. Knight, J. W .; George HI. Goding, Sec.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.

Kingsbury Lodge, No. 24, instituted Dec. 18, 1877, with 34 members. Officers : Charles F. Harris, W. C. T. ; Mrs. E. M. Morgan, W. V. T .; B. B. Legare, Chap. ; John M. Lane, W. Sec. ; Frank II. Merrill, W. F. Sec. ; Mrs. A. D. Merrill, W. Treas. ; Laurentus Lane, W. Mar. ; H. L. P. Eveleth, P. W. C. T.

MILITARY. SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.

John K. Smith, enlisted June 12, 1775; was in the re- inforecment at Bunker Hill ; at Ticonderoga in 1777 ; made lieutenant and adjutant of Col. Titcomb's Massachusetts regiment ; participated in the capture of Burgoyne ; win- tered at Valley Forge, under Washington ; fought at Mon- mouth, in command of his regiment ; discharged, after eight years and seven months' service, in 1783.

Aaron Bird, served in Maj .- Gen. IIeath's division, and was enrolled as lieutenant in Shays' Rebellion.

Zachariah Fletcher.

William Widgery, lieutenant of privateer under Capt. Nathaniel Thompson.

Capt. Benjamin Hammond, killed at Ticonderoga. Thomas Millett, Jr.

Benjamin Hammond, - Stinchfield, - Mathews, spies, captured in Canada and released by a woman.

Capt. Isaac Parsons' company, mustered into service in May, 1776, for eight months' service in Col. Prime's regi- ment, under Brig .- Gen. Wadsworth.

First lieutenant, Ichabod Hanson; second lieutenant, George Roberts.

Drummer : Peter Smith.

Sergeants : Benjamin Haskell, Josiah Wallace, Benjamin Trott, Asa Libby.

Corporals : Moses Ilarris, Jacob Brown, Walter Simon- ton, William True.

Privates : John Bayley, John Chandler, Nathaniel Chase, Ephraim Chamberlain, Joshua Clark, Philemon Collins, Abraham Cleaves, James Chute, Samuel Crockett, Henry Dyer, Paul Dyer, John W. Davis, Isaac Eveleth, Jacob Elliott, Isaae Foster, Edward Flint, George Hayes, Jere- miah Ilanson, Benjamin Herring, Jonathan Hayden, Eze- kiel Ilackett, Andrew Jordan, George Knight, Joshua Lane, Samuel Lord, James Leavitt, Thomas Mitchell, James Mitchell, Thomas Mayberry, Levi Morse, Ebenczer Mason, John Megquier, Eleazer Parsons, Ephraim Stinch- field, James Stevens, Enoch Strout, Mieah Small, Elisha Small, George Strout, Samuel Tobin, Barnabas Winslow, John Winship, Zebulon York.

WAR OF 1812.

Lient. Thomas Johnson, Jr., served under Generals Hampton and McComb.

MILITIA.

Two companies of infantry, one of riflemen, one of cav- alry, and one of artillery have been formed in this town. In the days of the Revolution, even boys were made to train with the bow and arrow. Among the militia officers have been,-

Generals : Nathaniel C. Allen, brigadier-general, 1778; Samuel Fessenden, major-general ; Charles Megquier, 1842; Otis C. Gross.

Colonels : Moses Merrill, 1778; Joseph E. Foxcroft, 1813; Isaac Parsons, John Webber, 1814.

Majors : Nathaniel Eveleth, Samnel Pierce, Solomon II. Chandler, Otis Nelson, Richard Tobie, Job White.

Captains : William Harris, 1774; Jacob Haskell, Jr., John Woodman, 1791; Nathaniel Eveleth, 1792; Bildad Arnold, 1794; Jabez Cushman, 1801 ; Thomas Johnson, 1813; Jonathan True, Walter Johnson, 1818; Moses Stinchfield, 1825 ; Peletiah Lyon, William Haskell, Rev. Elisha Moseley, chaplain, 1806.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOSEPH B. HAMMOND,

son of George and Martha (Baker) Hammond, of New Gloucester, was born April 8, 1825. He is the third in a family of ten children, five of whom are now living. His father, born March 11, 1797, was one of the leading representative men of the town. At the age of eighty he was as active as a young man. He was killed by the cars, near Lewiston, in March, 1877. Hc, Joseph B., received his education in the common schools of New Gloucester, supplemented by one term at the academy at Lewiston Falls. By his first marriage he had eight children. For his present wife he married Catherine Hobart, daughter of Themas and Elizabeth Eastman, of Dennysville, Me. After his first marriage he moved to Bethel, Me., and engaged in the lumbering business, where he remained for six years.

In 1861 he enlisted in the 5th Maine Regiment of In- fantry, and after serving a few months was discharged on account of sickness. In 1863 he removed to New Glou- cester and settled on the David Eveleth farm. In the spring of 1864 he recrnited a company for the 32d Maine Vol- unteer Infantry, of which he was lieutenant, and in April he started for the front in charge of a battalion of six companies of this regiment, which was attached to Burn- side's corps of the Army of the Potomac. He was in active service in the battles of the Wilderness and Spott- sylvania. Ile received the first promotion in the regiment -to the rank of captain.

He served till October of that year, when his health again failed, and he again resigned. Ile went to Lew- iston, where he lived three years. Ile then returned to New Gloucester and purchased the old homestead where he now resides, a view of which may be seen elsewhere in this work.

In politics he has always been a Republican, but was never an office-sceker. Both he and his wife are consistent church members.

Joseph-E. Haceroff

RESIDENCE OF THE FOXCROFT FAMILY, NEW GLOUCESTER, MAINE.

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JOSEPH E. FOXCROFT*

is a descendant in the sixth generation from Daniel Fox- croft, who was born in England, and was mayor of Leeds, A.D. 1666, and was a descendant of Robert Foxcroft, a resi- dent at Foxcroftshire, in 1327, during the reign of King Edward III. Francis, son of Daniel, born Nov. 13, 1657, settled in Boston, Mass., as a merchant ; married, Oct. 3, 1682, Elizabeth, daughter of Judge and Deputy-Governor Thomas Danforth, of Cambridge, Mass. Ile held a colonel's commission, and was judge of probate. Ile removed to Cambridge, where he died Dec. 31, 1727. He was pious, and of the faith of the Church of England.

Joseph E. Foxcroft was born in New Gloucester, March 10, 1773 ; married, May 3, 1801, Hannah, daughter of Ben- jamin Stone, of Brunswick. His ancestral line, stretching back unbroken to 1327, is dotted all the way down by pious and worthy names,-names known and honored by England's kings and England's people before the continent of America was fairly discovered. Not to go farther back, we find his grandfather, Rev. Thomas Foxcroft, for many ycars a highly useful and reputable minister of the First Church in Boston. His father, Samuel Foxcroft, was the first and worthy pastor of the Congregational Church in New Gloucester, where he settled in the ministry, in Janu- ary, 1765, an educated and elevated, also a truly pious and godly man. The son, Joseph E., was not unworthy of his ancestors. While yet a young man we find him o'er- marching the bounds of ordinary business, purchasing a township of land in the wilderness, his only access to it being on foot, finding his way by compass and spotted trees. Bowdoin College, of which he purchased, imposed as a condition the settlement of twenty-four families within a given period. By bis efficiency and good management the families were secured and the township became his. The population increased ; they sought incorporation ; and, not because he was chief owner, but especially because of the esteem in which the inhabitants held him, they petitioned that the town should bear his name, so that with the pleas- ant and flourishing town of Foxcroft, in this State, his name will probably be associated to the end of time. Though not then a professed disciple of the Saviour, yet the early in- habitants of the town were incited and encouraged by him to meet together for religious worship on the Sabbath, and hymn and sermon-books were presented by him for their use. Without a doubt, to his example and influence the early establishment of the institutions of religion in Fox- croft may be greatly traced. Ile generously set apart three " lots of land, one for the first minister, one for the ministry, and one for schools. In 1807 he was chosen to represent his native town to the General Court at Boston, which duty he performed so creditably to himself and to his constituents that, for the last six years of Maine's provincial connection with Massachusetts, he was re-elected without intermission. When Maine had become an independent State he was chosen a member of the convention for drafting a constitu- tion and laying the foundation of its laws as a body politic. In 1821 he was appointed high sheriff of the county (Cumn-

berland), which office he held for a longer period than any other man has ever done, and he filled it with dignity and uni- versal acceptance. He was repeatedly chosen a member of the State Senate. Appointed postmaster in 1806, he held the office till 1841, and from youth until old age he filled offices of trust in his native town. lle seemed always to guard the interests of the town as if they had been his own per- sonal concern. It is truth to say that, whether a young man engaged in rescuing primeval wilderness from the do- minion of the lords of the forest, and peopling them with the abodes of civilization and Christianity, or filling one of the first offices in the county, or legislating for the interests of his native town in the mother State, or, after Maine had become a State, laying the foundation of her laws and policy, or still later sitting among her senators, we find him dis- charging all these duties with assiduity and faithfulness, and filling all these offices without reproach.

Mr. Foxcroft was for several years a member of the Con- gregational Church at New Gloucester, and a liberal sup- porter of the same. As a man he was honest, upright, and truthful ; genial and courteous, he ever bore about him a halo of joyousness that reflected the sunshine of a happy disposition wherever he went. As a neighbor he was kind and obliging even to a fault ; as a citizen he was public- spirited, charitable, and benevolent ; as a husband and father he was faithful, constant, kind, and affectionate.

Ilis wife, born Oct. 12, 1776, died Feb. 28, 1806, leaving two children, viz .: Samuel, born Aug. 1, 1802 (married Salome, daughter of Caleb and Judith Haskell, of New Gloucester. They have one child, Abbie Stone, born Dec. 16, 1857), and Hannah, born June 19, 1804 (married Samuch E. Crocker, of' Portland, whose son, Samuel R. Crocker, established the Literary World, of Boston).

For his second wife he married Abigail, daughter of Abijah and Mary Hammond, of Boston. The result of this union was an only daughter, Abigail Catherine Mary Foxcroft, born July 23, 1812, and who now resides upon the old homestead, a view of which may be seen in this work, and was the first two-story house built in the town, and has been known as the Foxcroft homestead for more than a century.

JOHN MORGAN,

son of John M. and grandson of Luke Morgan, was born in the town of New Gloucester, Ang. 8, 1789.

In 1779, Luke Morgan, a native of Gloucester, Cape Aun, Mass., with his family of three children, John M., Sarah, and Martha, settled on a farm in New Gloucester.

John M., born April 20, 1765, reared a family of seven children, viz., John, Mary, Sarah, Luke, Lydia, Susan, and Martha; all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. None of these children are now living, except the subject of this sketch.

John M. married Sarah Tarbox, of New Gloucester; she was born Aug. 28, 1763, and died April 17, 1863, aged nearly one hundred years. He died in 1842, aged seventy- seven years.

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History of Cumberland Co., Maine, Part 88

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford) Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 780

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 780