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MARY W. b. 22 July 1834; m. 20 Sept. 1859 Nath'l B. Welch of Port- land; m. (2) 4 July 1871 Charles Whitman of Detroit, Mich.
HENRY C. b. 10 May 1839; d. 8 Sept. 1841.
CAROLINE S. b. July 13, 1842; m. Everett B. Osgood. 3 ch. m. (2) Adelbert J. Benton.
Retiar Drinkwater had six children by first marriage. He died 29 Oct. 1892 ; his wife died 15 Dec. 1868.
CHARLES d. 3 Oct. 1856.
EDITII E. b. 9 Nov. 1858; d. 16 Oct. 1863.
WINNIFRED ADELAIDE b. 23 Oct. 1860.
HATTIE N. b. 28 Feb. 1862; d. 29 Oct. 1892; m. 11 Oct. 1882 Jarvis Lamson of Boston. 4 ch.
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FRANK M. b. 19 Nov. 1860; m. 24 Nov. 1887 Maria L. dau. of Wm. Stackpole. Lives in Somerville, Mass. 2 ch. Harlan Retiar b. 19 Dec. 1890; d. 6 Nov. 1894; and Ethel Stackpole b. 28 Jan. 1889.
SARAH E. b. 24 Nov. 1868.
DUDLEY.
Micajah, son of Samuel Dudley, was sixth in descent from Gov. Thomas Dudley of Mass. He was born in Brentwood, N. H., 27 Sept. 1751 ; m. Susanna, dau. of Timothy and Sibylla (Freeman) Forster. She was born at Attleboro, Mass., 16 Mch. 1751, and died at China, Me., 8 Jan. 1838. He died in Durham Mch. 1798. He lived in South Durham, about opposite Chas. W. Webber's. The "Dudley Spring" in his pasture is still shown. There are some remains of his old cellar. The maples he planted are two feet in diameter. He was a minister of the Society of Friends from 3 Sept. 1795 till his death. He lived in Winthrop for some years before moving to Durham.
JOHN b. 5 Nov. 1775; m. Eunice Winslow; lived in Durham till 1812; d. in China 27 Oct. 1847.
SAMUEL b. 22 Feb. 1777; m. Anna Wing; d. in Sidney, I Feb. 1847.
SUSANNA b. 18 Dec. 1778; m. Ephraim Jones. Their daughter Sibyl Jones became a distinguished preacher among the Friends, as was also her husband Eli Jones.
MARY b. 3 Sept. 1780; m. Aaron Buffum.
SIBYL b. 16 Mch. 1782; m. Benj. Dunham.
THANKFUL b. 31 Mch. 1784; m. Chandler Allen of Greene.
MICAJAH b. 26 Jan. 1786 in Durham; m 17 Jan. 1810 Experience Wing; died at China 24 Mch. 1837. II ch.
LYDIA b. 22 Oct. 1789; m. 2 Mch. 1807 Robert Jones of Durham.
WILLIAM b. 5 July 1790; in. 22 Nov. 1814 Sarah Davis of Lewiston; d. 1860, in China.
AUSTRAS b. 30 April 1792; d. 1796.
DAVID b. 15 April 1794. Preacher. See p. 69.
DURAN.
Dea. Matthew Duran was born 17 March 1747, and according to tradition came from England when a young man and settled in: Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He married (1) Sarah Strout of Cape Elizabeth, who was born 13 May 1756. As early as 1769 he owned a farm of 60 acres on Fore Rim, opposite Portland, which he sold, 8 Feb. 1782. He bought, 22 Oct. 1782, of Vincent Roberts 50 acres of land at Durham, Me., which was the south-western side of lot 32.
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Ebenezer Roberts then lived on the other half. He probably moved to Durham soon after this purchase. April 14, 1794, he exchanged the above land for 90 acres in "Bagley's Gore," on the Freeport line, with Joseph Paul. His wife died 25 Mch. 1821, aged 71 yrs (?) He married (2) 18 April 1822 Eleanor Gee of Scarboro. He died I Jan. 1844. Eight children.
JOHN b. 2 April 1772; m. 21 Sept. 1794 Jane Davis.
MARY b. 13 Nov. 1774; m. 7 Dec. 1800 Jeremiah Gerrish.
SAMUEL b. 2 Oct. 1776; m. (1) 26 Sept. 1798 Kezia Cash; (2) 6 Aug. 1828 Hannah (Runnels) Tukey. Twelve children by first wife, three by second. He died in Portland 3 June 1857.
MATTHEW Jr. b. 3 April 1781; see below.
FRANCIS b. 13 Mch. 1783; m. Apphia Sawyer. Had eight sons and a daughter.
ELSIE b. 18 Oct. 1785; m. 25 Nov. 1811 David Osgood; d. 26 Jan. 1833. NATHANIEL D. 2 Feb. 1788; m. (Int. Rec. 27 Jan. 1815) Mary Young of Limington. Ch. Nathaniel, Betsey and Mary.
SARAH b. 28 Nov. 1791; m. 2 Feb. 1812 David Osgood Jr .; d. 22 June 1855.
Matthew Jr. b. 3 April 1781; m. (Int. Rec. 10 Jan. 1807) Betsey Dyer of Limington, Me. They had ten children.
DANIEL b. in Pownal 7 Aug. 1809.
JOSEPH b. in Pownal 8 Aug. 1812.
MATTHEW b. in Pownal 25 June 1814; m. (Int. Rec. 6 April 1829) Jerusha Berry of Gray.
RUTH b. I Sept. 1816.
STEPHEN b. in Durham 22 Feb. 1819.
JOHN b. 25 Feb. 1821.
MARY ELIZABETH b. 12 March 1823.
THATCHER DAVIS b. 7 Feb. 1825.
SAMUEL HOLBROOKS b. 15 Jan. 1827.
BENJAMIN b. 25 Jan. 1830.
Benjamin Duran, son of John and grandson of Dea. Matthew, was born in New Gloucester 15 Feb. 1816; m. 8 May 1845 Mary, dau. of Theophilus S. Thomas ; d. 21 Jan. 1895. His wife died 1 June 1885.
EMMA C. b. 2 May 1846; d. 28 Aug. 1864.
MARIETTA d. young.
EDWIN B. b. 3 May 1851.
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DYER.
The intentions of marriage of Micah Dyer and Hannah Marri- ner were recorded in old Falmouth 8 April 1749. David, their son, was born in Cape Elizabeth 13 Jan. 1754: Married 22 Aug. 1775 Tamisin Dennison, who was born at Cape Ann 15 March 1757. Settled in Royalsborough in 1773. He built the house where Wesley Day now lives, at the junction of the old " Hallo- well Road" with the County Road. Barnabas Strout kept store and hotel in this house earlier than 1814. David Dyer died in 1807.
DAVID Jr. b. 3 Aug. 1776.
JANE b. 25 Jan. 1780; d. 10 Nov. 1780.
EZEKIEL b. 22 Nov. 1779; m. Mary Dyer of Cape Elizabeth.
GEORGE DENNISON b. 15 Aug. 1771.
WILLIAM b. 4 July 1782.
BENJ. B. b. 25 Jan. 1784.
SARAH OSGOOD b. 7 July 1789.
JONATHAN b. 25 Dec. 1791.
JOHN b. 5 April 1799; m. Margaret Mars who was b. in Pejepscot 2 Nov. 1800. They lived in Brunswick. 8 ch.
Family of Moses and Mary Dyer.
MARY b. 30 Sept. 1798; n1. 15 June 1828 Benj. Spiller of Raymond.
HANNAH b. I Feb. 1801; m. I Nov. 1827 Samuel Duran Jr. of Ray- mond.
ELEANOR b. I June 1803; m. I Nov. 1828 Isaac Deering of Lisbon.
ALMIRA b. 7 June 1807; m. 27 March 1831 Jabez Deering of Lisbon.
MOSES b. I Oct. 1809; m. int. 3 Oct. 1830 Anna B. Nason of Minot.
CHARLES b. 30 Dec. 18II.
ISRAEL b. 24 Aug. 1815.
Micah Dyer, brother of David, b. in Cape Elizabeth 28 Oct. 1751, came to Royalsborough in 1772. Lived by the river near S. W. Bend ; m. 29 Oct. 1772 Sarah Holland.
SALLY b. 13 Oct. 1773; m. 25 April 1793 Robert Mitchell (?)
NATHAN b. 9 July 1775; d. 16 July 1775.
BETSEY b. 15 Oct. 1776; m. 18 Oct. 1798 Francis Harmon.
JANE b. 15 Nov. 1780; d. 14 June 1799.
MARY b. 15 Nov. 1778; m. 14 Dec. 1809 Timothy Hibbard.
MICAH Jr. b. 13 Sept. 1782; m. 24 Nov. 1803 Mary Murray. Ch. Sally b. 27 Aug. 1804.
BENJAMIN b. 20 Sept. 1784; d. 20 June 1799.
RICHARD b. 21 June 1787; m. int. 29 Oct. 1808 Mary Merrill.
DAVID Jr. b. II March 1790; d. 10 Sept. 1792.
SUSANNAH b. II Jan. 1793; m. 16 Jan. 1812 James Clark. Lived in Monmouth; d. 19 Oct. 1834.
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REUBEN DYER b. at Cape Elizabeth 9 Sept. 1770, m. 21 April 1794 Elizabeth Bagley in Durham. She was born in Salisbury, Mass. 26 April 1770.
O. ISRAEL BAGLEY b. 18 April 1796.
MARY b. 25 March 1798.
REUBEN Jr. b. 14 Feb. 1800; m. Margaret Snow of Harpswell; d. s. p. in Bath.
ESTES.
The Estes family, it is claimed, is descended from Albert Azo II, Marquis of Liguria, Italy, born about 1097. He was the founder of the noble Houses of Este and of Brunswick, and hence the ancestor of the more recent British sovereigns.
Richard Estes, son of Robert and Dorothy Estes of Dover, Eng., born March 1647, came to N. Eng. in 1684, married Eliz- abeth Beck of Dover, N. H. 23 April 1687. They lived in Lynn and Salem, Mass. Their son Edward was born 20 Feb. 1703 in Lynn ; m. 27 Aug. 1730 Mrs. Patience (Carr) Peckham and died in Royalsborough, 1788. He resided in Hanover, Mass., and in Harpswell before moving to Durham with his son. He had 12 children, of whom Caleb was born in Hanover, Mass., 26 Nov. 1747 ; m. 24 June 1769, Lydia dau. of John Bishop, and died in 1822. She was born 20 Aug. 1749 and died 4 May 1815 ; he m. (2) 17 Oct. 1816 Eunice (Nichols) Estes. Nov. 12, 1770 he received deed of Lot 18, in Royalsborough, though it is evident that he had been living there for some time. By his first mar- riage there were eleven children. He was one of the founders of the Society of Friends in Durham.
Caleb Estes lived in the two-story house west of the Friends meeting house. One day he moved back from the dinner table and said, "I have breakfasted with you and dined with you, but I shall sup in my Father's kingdom," and died immediately.
LYDIA b. 8 May 1770; m. (Int. Rec. 28 June 1794) Wm. P. Story; d. s. p. Nov. 1855.
SARAH b. 4 March 1772; m. Elisha Tuttle; d. 15 Jan. 1857.
SIMEON b. 17 Feb. 1774; m. 9 March 1797 Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Collins) Davis of Lewiston. Farmer in Pownal. Died 6 July 1863. 12 ch.
PATIENCE b. 29 Jan. 1776; m. (Int. Rec. 19 June 1794) James Estes; d. 20 March 1805.
CALEB b. 6 April 1778; m. (1) 1805 Charlotte, dau. of Josiah and Thankful (Blethen) Day; m. (2) 2 Sept. 1823 Sarah Robinson. 7 ch.
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by Ist marriage; 3 by 2d. He moved about 1814 to China, Me., and died 25 May 1864.
JOSEPH b. 5 Sept. 1780; m. I Oct. 1801 Mary, dau. of Noah Jones; died 16 Nov. 1851. 7 ch.
ISRAEL b. 25 Aug. 1782; m. (Int. Rec. 19 Oct. 1803) Sarah Booker; ın. (2) 20 Feb. 1840 Mrs. Charlotte (Blake) Johnson. II ch. by Ist mar- riage. He died 25 Mch. 1875.
THOMAS b. 20 Aug. 1784; m. Dec. 1811 Bettie H. Alden of Greene, Me. Died 16 Oct. 1870. She was b. 19 Oct. 1786 and d. 23 Jan. 1857; 12 ch. JOHN b. 19 Oct. 1786; d. 22 Nov. 1787.
DESIRE b. 15 Oct. 1788; d. 15 July 1880; m. Isaac Cox. 12 ch.
MARY b. 15 Feb. 1792; m. 3 Feb. 1811 James Cox; d. 22 Feb. 1865. II ch.
Thomas Estes, named above, was a farmer in South Durham. See Biog. Sketch. His children were:
STILLMAN b. 13 Dec. 1812; m. (1) 14 April 1841 Irene Jones of China, Me .; m. (2) Statira Allen. Farmer in St. Albans. 5 ch. Died in West- brook, Me. 28 April 1885.
LYDIA b. 30 March 1814; m. 14 May 1843 Wm. D. Larrabee; d. 17 Nov. 1871. 3 ch.
LEWIS A. b. II Dec. 1815; m. See Biographical Sketch.
BETTIE H. b. 6 June 1817; m. Chas. C. Smith.
HORACE b. 14 June 1819; educated at Kent's Hill; a teacher in the West; d. near Des Moines, Iowa, 23 Feb. 1884, leaving a daughter.
EMILY b. 6 Aug. 1821; m. Silas Plummer of Lisbon.
CHARLOTTE b. 4 Aug. 1823; m. Randolph C. Michaels of Durham. Lives in Plymouth, Ill.
THOMAS A. b. 19 April 1825; m. Mary P. Alexander of Harpswell. Res. Des Moines, Ia.
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GEORGE H. b. 12 March 1827; m. Emeline Trufant of Durham.
PHILENA b. 14 Aug. 1828; m. Wm. W. Patch of Rutland, Vt.
WM. ROSCOE GREENE b. 22 Nov. 1830; m. (1) 7 July 1857 Maria E. Osgood; (2) 30 April 1865 Caroline Walker. See Biog. Sketch.
CHRISTINA b. 5 Oct. 1834; d. 25 Aug. 1884. Unm.
Edward Estes, brother of Caleb, was born in Hanover, Mass. Nov. II, 1745: m. 6 Sept. 1770 Prudence, dau. of James and Sarah Goddard. June 10, 1771 received deed of Lot 6 in Dur- ham. Their children were.
JAMES b. 13 Oct. 1771; see below.
SARAH b. 8 Feb. 1773; mn. Isaac Hoxie; d. Nov. 1863.
SILAS b. 3 Nov. 1776; see p. 181.
PHEBE b. 26 Feb. 1779; d. 18 Feb. 1785.
James Estes b. 13 Oct. 1771 ; m. (1) 8 July 1794 his cousin Patience, dau. of Caleb Estes. (2) 9 April 1808 Joanna Blethen.
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The following children by first marriage were born in Durham. After his second marriage he lived in Canton and Livermore and had other five children. Died Nov. 1863, aged 91 yrs.
JOHN b. 27 April 1795; d. s. p.
WILLIAM b. 8 Feb. 1797; d. s. p.
LYDIA, twin to William; d. II March 1797.
PHEBE b. II Nov. 1798; m. 14 March 1816 Abijah Douglas. Lived in Hebron, Dixfield and Passadumkeag. 3 ch.
CALEB b. 20 Sept. 1800; m. Annie Libby; d. s. p. 25 Dec. 1888.
JOSHUA BISHOP b. 9 Nov. 1803; d. s. p. at sea.
Silas Estes b. 3 Nov. 1776, m. 14 May 1794 Mary Sargent of Bath. Died 8 Dec. 1855 in Durham. 9 ch.
EDWARD b. 20 Sept. 1796; m. 8 May 1825 Mary Goddard; d. s. p. 7 Jan. 1863.
PRUDENCE b. 22 July 1798; m. 28 Aug. 1818 John V. Davis; d. 2 Aug. 1880. II ch.
WEALTHY b. 22 May 1800; m. 18 Feb. 1819 Henry Plummer; d. 15 Jan. 1830. 5 ch.
MIRIAM b. 20 Sept. 1802; m. 29 May 1832 Ezekiel McIntosh; d. 13 Oct. 1864. 5 ch.
JOSIAH b. 29 July 1804; m. Hannah Hoxie of Vassalboro. Lived in Lewiston; died 20 Feb. 1862. II ch.
JOSEPH b. 9 Nov. 1806; m. 7 Nov. 1833 Joanna Bibber of Freeport; d. 20 June 1872. Lived in Durham. 6 ch.
SARAH H. b. 3 March 1809; m. 17 April 1845 Alpheus Fairfield of Vassalboro. 4 ch.
SAMUEL b. 3 March 1809; m. 13 Oct. 1831 Miriam Frye of Falmouth. Had six children born in Durham.
ISAAC H. b. 9 Dec. 1812; m. Sept. 1831 Dorothy Doughty; d. 13 July 1871. 9 children.
Joseph Estes, son of Edward and Patience, brother of Caleb, born in Harpswell 21 July 1750, married Mary Goddard 29 Nov. 1775. Moved to Royalsborough in 1776. Settled on lot 3. Was a tanner. Died without issue and was succeeded in the business of a tanner by Nathan Hawks of Windham.
There was also a Matthew Estes, saddle maker, and Elizabeth his wife. Came from Mass. Had children born in Durham, George b. April 1816 and Esther b. 23 June 1819. Is said to have had a son Thaxter Estes who practiced law in Readfield .*
*For further particulars see ESTES GENEALOGIES, by Charles Estes oi Warren, R. I.
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EVELETH.
Silvester Eveleigh or Eveleth was a baker in Boston in 1642. He removed to Gloucester in 1644 and died there 4 Jan. 1689. His son Joseph, m. Mary Bragg, was one of the jurors in the witchcraft trials at Salem, in 1692. He died I Dec. 1745, aged 105 yrs. His son Isaac m. Sarah - and had a son Isaac who m. Elizabeth Parsons. Their son Nathaniel was one of the early settlers of New Gloucester, Me., coming from Gloucester, Mass. as early as 1756. He was Town Clerk in New Gloucester 1774- 1816 and often Selectman. He m. Mary Glass. Their son James nı. Hannah Austin.
James Henry Eveleth, son of the last named, was born in New Gloucester 6 Feb. 1816. He came to Durham in 1831 and resided at S. W. Bend as a shoemaker till his death, 14 April 1889. He was Postmaster many years, Representative in 1866, and one ycar Town Treasurer. He was one of the early advocates of temperance, and left the memory of an unblemished character. He m. (1) 3 Dec. 1839 Mary S., dau. of Orlando and Sarah (Wagg) Merrill of Durham, b. 6 Oct. 1819, d. 15 July 1844 ; m. (2) 3 April 1845 Sophronia W., dau. of William and Olive (Wood- man) Jackson of Minot, b. I Feb. 1824, d. 24 Oct. 1851 ; m. (3) II July 1852, Martha B., dau. of William and Anna (Norris) Lang of Durham, b. 30 Sept. 1829, d. 2 June 1861 ; m. (4) 16 Nov. 1862 Mary E. dau. of John and Joanna (Larrabee) Roak of Durham, b. 13 Jan. 1826 Two children by first marriage.
JULIUS EDWIN b. 2 July 1841. See Biog. Sketch.
FREDERICK HOWARD b. 21 Mch. 1843. See Biog. Sketch.
Two by second marriage.
JAMES ALPHEUS b. I Aug. 1847; went to Cal. in 1867. He is a Com- mission Merchant of Fruit and Produce in San Francisco. Married II Feb. 1877 Cordelia, dau. of Barton England of Santa Rosa, Cal. 6 ch.
MILLARD FILLMORE b. 2 and d. 21 Sept. 1849.
Three by third marriage.
MARCUS WILLIAM b. 17 March 1854; m. 15 Nov. 1876 Ada, dau. of Roland Sylvester of Durham. They have one son Julius Greenleaf. Res. Durham.
HARLAN FREMONT b. 30 Dec. 1855; m. 10 Jan. 1894 Alice W., dau. of Daniel and Sarah (Tappan) Ames. Res. Arlington, Mass. One son, Harlan Alpheus.
MARY SOPHRONIA b. 3 Nov. 1859; d. 19 Oct. 1877.
One dau. by fourth marriage.
MARTHA LOUISE b. 26 Feb. 1870.
JAMES H. EVELETH.
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FARR.
Henry Farr, Jr. was on the military list in 1787 and his father Henry Farr was on the Alarm list of same date. The latter is mentioned in 1782. Henry, Jr.'s family is recorded as follows. He m. 1790 Asenath Brown of Brunswick.
SIMEON b. 24 Aug. 1791.
JOHN b. 3 Mch. 1793.
ELIZABETH b. II May 1795.
REUBEN b. 8 April 1797; m. 3 Dec. 1818 Margaret Nichols of Durham.
WILLIAM b. 20 Mch. 1799; m. 3 Jan. 1828 Anne Ridlon.
BARBAREE b. 22 July 1801; m. 1825 Wm. Blackstone of Pownal.
DAVID In. 16 Dec. 1830 Eliza Bowie.
FARRAR.
John Farrar of Royalsborough was the descendant of Jolin Farrar who in 1635 came from Hingham, Eng., with his wife Frances and settled in Hingham, Mass. The family is said to be of Norman origin, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror. The emigrant, John Farrar, died in 1678 at a great age. He had four daughters and two sons, one of whom, Nathan, b. 17 Sept. 1654, m. 5 Dec. 1683 Mary Garnett, and had five chil- dren. Of these Jonathan, b. 20 June 1789, m. Johannah and had sons Jonathan, David and John. David settled in Buck- field, Me., and John, b. 1724, settled in N. Yarmouth, marrying 21 June 1747 Jael, dau. of Richard Stubbs. She was born 26 Dec. 1724 and died 9 Oct. 1809. John Farrar of N. Yarmouth died 25 May 1803. They had Rachel, Hannah, JOHN bap. 17 Nov. 1754, Nathan, bap. 25 Nov. 1759, Huldah and Sarah.
John Farrar married in N. Yarmouth 9 April 1776 Mary Vin- ing, probably sister of Benjamin Vining afterward of Durham. She lived but a little while and had no children. He married 20 Sept. 1781 Hannah Shaw of Woolwich, whose ancestors are said to have come from the Isle of Guernsey. His farm in Dur- ham is shown on the surveyor's map, near Methodist Corner A deed shows that he was living in Durham in 1780. He was road surveyor in 1784 and on the training band in 1787. He moved to what is now Webster in 1793. He died in the fall of 1828. His wife died several years later. Their first five children were born in Durham.
MARY b. 20 Sept. 1782; m. Joshua Haley; lived in Lisbon. . NATHAN b. 16 Dec. 1784; m Esther Garcelon of Lewiston.
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BENJAMIN b. 5 Nov. 1786; lost at sea.
REUBEN b. 8 Jan. 1789; m. (1) - - Carville; (2) Jane Small.
JOHN b. 29 Dec. 1792; m. 1815 Martha Ham.
JAMES b. 21 Aug. 1794; m. (1) 21 April 1819 Emily Hamilton; (2) Desdemona Wilson.
JOSIAH b. 6 Aug. 1796; m. Mary Ann Handy.
SUSANNA b. 6 Aug. 1799; m. Clifford.
DAVID b. 30 May 1802; m. (I) Abbie Atwood; (2) Phoebe Flint; (3) HANNAH b. 6 Jan. 1806.
IRA b. 29 June 1809 m.
Hinkley.
FERGUSON.
GEORGE FERGUSON, b. at Pelham, N. H. 13 Oct. 1765 ; m. at Truro, Mass. 19 Sept. 1788 Thankful Rich who was born at Truro 15 March 1766. They settled in Durham in 1788. He died 17 Aug. 1829. She died 13 Feb. 1846. This was a very prom- inent Methodist family. The sons died unmarried or without issue and so the family name has long been extinct in Durham. The Town Records mention the following children.
JANE b. 26 June 1789; m. 7 April 1807 Rev. Allen H. Cobb; d. 13 Feb. 1815.
ANNA b. 12 Nov. 1790. Is this the "NANCY" who m. 16 April 1816 Rev. Allen H. Cobb; d. 1871.
DAVID b. 29 Jan. 1793; d. 12 June 1816.
JONATHAN b. 4 March 1797; d. 26 Mch. 1815.
AMMI C. b. 5 July 1799; m. 10 Mch. 1818 Jane Gerrish of Lisbon. Died soon after marriage.
BETSEY b. 29 May 1802; m. 3 April 1821 Zebulon Tyler of Pownal.
FICKETT.
Two brothers, Thomas and Joshua Fickett came from Scar- boro. Joshua settled in Durham about 1794. He married Mary Hunnewell. Lived and died near Rice's School House. His son Abner married 2 Dec. 1830 Roxana Edwards and died 25 April 1885. Other children were John, Sarah and James. The last married 4 Mch. 1838 Nancy Ann Larrabee.
Thomas Fickett married 23 July 1807 Ruth, sister of George Rice. He died 20 Aug. 1848, aged 67. His wife died 3 Feb. 1873 aged 91 yrs. I mo. 24 dys.
DANIEL b. 1810; m. (1) 1833 Paulina F. Turner, who died 19 July 1847, aged 37; (2) 21 May 1848 Hannah Stackpole. He died 14 Nov. 1852. By second marriage there were two sons; Henry, b. 26 May 1850, m. Cora
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Anderson of Yarmouth, d. 29 Dec. 1875; and Daniel Jr. b. 10 Oct. 1851, d. 23 Nov. 1852.
SIMON b. 2 Feb. 1822, d. 3 Nov. 1890; m. (1) Angelia Pennel of West- brook, by whom there was one dau. Angelia; (2) Lydia A. Sawyer of New Gloucester who died 17 Aug. 1870, aged 45 yrs. I mo. 21 days. They had ch. Rev. Benjamin F. (see p. 74) Lydia Ella, Adriana and Simon Lewis; (3) Mrs. Sarah Shepherd of Greene; (4) Mrs. Harriet C. Hutchin- son of Brunswick, by whom there was one son, Daniel W. All the children are now living.
MARY m. II Feb. 1836 Thomas Murray of Portland.
ELIZA m. Lemuel Dyer of Westbrook.
FANNIE NEWELL.
LYDIA m. - - Hatch of Portland.
ANNA m. 10 July 1831 Jacob Wilbur.
ABIGAIL m. 26 July 1835 Eliphalet S. Haskell.
FIELD.
Samuel Field was a shoemaker and tanner. He lived first at the Bend and was afterward associated in business with Nathan Hawkes in So. Durham. He died 22 Feb. 1854. Hs wife Anna died 21 Jan. 1845. 10 ch.
MARY b. 8 July 1782; m. Nicholas Varney; d. 30 Nov. 1871; John b. 22 Nov. 1784; Stephen b. 13 April 1787; Hannah b. 5 Feb. 1790, m. John Crossman; Sarah b. 13 Oct. 1792, m. Ezra Sawyer; James b. 24 Mch. 1795, d. 21 Mch. 1798; Absalom b. 18 Aug. 1799, d. 4 Jan. 1802; Abigail b. 23 Nov. 1801; m. Oliver Conant, d. 1888; Samuel b. 23 July 1804.
FIFIELD.
EDWARD FIFIELD was in Royalsborough as early as 1784. He was born at Kingstown, Mass., 10 July 1765. He married 1 March 1787, Mary Bagley, who was born in Salisbury, Mass., 22 Nov. 1768. His family is given below. All moved to Green- wood, Me., 1814-1817. He built the house in Durham where Mrs. Thompson now lives, lot 105.
O. ISRAEL BAGLEY FIFIELD b. 15 April 1787; m. 13 March 1808 Com- fort Ring.
JOHN b. 17 Dec. 1788; m. Hannah Roak.
ELIZABETH b. 31 May 1791.
WINTHROP b. 17 April 1793; d. 21 April 1794.
DOLLY b. 25 May 1795. Unm.
MARY SNOW b. 20 Nov. 1796; d. 8 Feb. 1805.
SUSANNAH b. 28 Feb. 1799; d. 12 Feb. 1805. ANNA b. 20 June 1801.
LORA NEWELL b. 20 Aug. 1806.
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FROST.
Phinehas Frost was living on the County Road when it was built in 1770. Wife's name was Margaret. Their ten children are recorded in Freeport. He sold his land in Royalsborough to Eliot Frost of Berwick in 1775, who sold to Stephen Weston and Nathaniel Gerrish.
There is no evidence that Eliot Frost lived in Royalsborough. His brother Ichabod Frost, bought lots 72, 80 and part of 79. So he was the first owner and settler of the land where the village of S. W. Bend now is. In 1777 he sold 25 acres of lot So to Elias Davis and Bethiah, his wife, who did not long remain in town. He sold the rest of lot 80 to Samuel Nichols in 1780. Ichabod Frost's wife was Susanna, and they were then living in No. Yarmouth. The births of two of their children are recorded in Royalsborough, viz: George, b. 4 Mch. 1774 and Amos Adams, b. 20 Feb. 1778.
GERRISH.
Capt. William Gerrish, born in Bristol, Eng., 20 Aug. 1617, came to New England as early as 1639 and settled in Newbury, Mass. He m. (1) 17 April 1645, Joanna, widow of John Oliver and dau. of Percival Lowle. She died 14 June 1677. He moved to Boston and m. (2) Ann, widow of John Manning. He died in Salem, Mass. 9 Aug. 1687. His oldest son John, born 15 May 1646, married in 1665 Elizabeth, dau. of Major Richard Waldron of Dover, N. H., where he settled and became a prominent citizen. He died in 1714. Of his ten children Nathaniel was born in 1672 and married Bridget, dau. of Hon. Wm. Vaughn of Portsmouth. They had children Nathaniel, William, CHARLES, George, Rich- ard and Bridget."
Charles Gerrish, born in Berwick, 1716, married Mary Frost. See p. 13. Their first two children were born in Berwick; the rest, in old Falmouth.
WILLIAM b. 27 June 1744.
CHARLES b. 18 Oct. 1746.
NATHANIEL b. 7 April 1751.
GEORGE b. 16 June 1753.
JAMES died in the Revolutionary Army, at age of 20 yrs.
MARY, m. Abner, son of Lawrence Harris of Lewiston, Int. Rec. in N. Yarmouth 2 Mch. 1782. Ten children. The parents moved to Ohio in 1813 and died soon after.
*For Genealogy of early Gerrishes see N. E. Register Vol. VI. p. 258 and Vol. LI. p. 67.
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GENEALOGICAL NOTES
Lt. Willianı Gerrish, son of Major Charles, married 3 April 1767 Esther Parker of N. Yarmouth b. 6 Feb. 1745. He settled on lots 73 and 74 Durham. He died there 6 June 1812 and is buried in the cemetery near by. His wife died 14 April 1839.
NATHANIEL b. 29 Aug. 1767. See below.
BETSEY b. and d. 3 Oct. 1769.
RICHARD b. 10 Jan. 1772; settled in Aroostook Co.
BENJAMIN b. 22 April 1774. See p. 188.
JANE b. 29 May 1776; m. 26 Aug. 1796 Dr. Symonds Baker.
JAMES b. 16 Sept. 1778. See p. 189.
SARAH b. 13 Sept. 1781; m1. 12 April 1801 Meshack Purington.
MOLLY b. 25 June 1783; m. 29 Nov. 1802 John Hoyt.
WILLIAM b. 20 May 1786. See p. 189.
Charles Gerrish, son of Major Charles, married 7 Aug. 1770 Phebe Blethen. She was probably dau. of John Blethen. The marriage is recorded in Brunswick. They lived on the County Road, in Durham. Their children were.
HULDAH b. 21 May 1771; BETSEY b. I Oct. 1772 m. 4 Oct. 1789 Henry Warren of Freeport; JEREMIAH b. 10 Oct. 1774; see p. 190; MARY b. 4 Jan. 1778; CHARLES b. 9 Mch. 1780; WILLIAM b. 25 July 1782; MAR- GARET b. 25 Mch. 1785; SALLY b. 4 Feb. 1789.
Nathaniel Gerrish, son of Major Charles, married 30 Oct. 1777 Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Hanscom) Marriner of Cape Elizabeth, born 27 Aug. 1757. They lived on the County Road. He was a Revolutionary soldier, was for several years on the Board of Selectmen, and was Capt. of Militia at the time of his death 28 Nov. 1799. An iron rail surrounds his grave in the cemetery near that of the North Meeting-House. His wife died 27 July 1831.
GEORGE b. 24 Jan. 1779. See p. 190.
HANNAH b. 18 Jan. 1781; m. 18 Jan. 1803 Peter Sanborn. She died 10 May 1849. For family see Hist. of Litchfield.
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