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JOSEPH MARRINER b. 24 March 1783. See pp. III and 191.
LORUHAMAH b. 9 Oct. 1785; m. 27 Nov. 1806 Joseph Osgood; d. 18 Sept. 1864.
SARAH b. 27 Feb. 1788; m. 26 Nov. 1807 Sam'l G. Osgood; d. 30 Sept. 1837.
ABIGAIL b. 16 April 1790; m. 25 Nov. 1813 Stephen Sylvester.
THIRZA b. 26 April 1792; m. I Jan. 1815 Christopher Lincoln.
MOSES b. 9 Aug. 1794.
NATHANIEL b. 16 Dec. 1797. Settled in Michigan.
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George Gerrish, son of Major Charles, married 20 Dec. 1781 Mary Mitchell of Freeport, who was born 21 June 1758 and died 7 Dec. 1816. He lived on the original Gerrish homestead and cared for his father in old age. Died 23 May 1814.
SUSANNAH b. 10 Sept. 1782; m. 22 Mch. 1801 Thomas Bagley; moved to Troy, Me. Died June 1868.
JAMES b. 22 Nov. 1784. See p. 190.
JOHN b. 10 June 1787. See p. 190.
CHARLES b. 7 Aug. 1789; m. 23 April 1812 Betsey Woodbury; moved to N. Y. State and died there. Three ch.
MARY b. 3 Feb. 1792; m. 18 May 1817 Thomas Winslow of Freeport. Died 7 May 1819.
Nathaniel, son of Lt. William Gerrish, married in Harpswell, 1791, Sarah, widow of Lemuel McGray and dau. of Joshua Strout. He built the house where Prescott Strout now lives at S. W. Bend and kept hotel there in 1812. Moved to Lisbon Factory in 1817 where he owned a mill and kept hotel. His wife died 17 Nov. 1829 and he married (2) Phoebe Weymouth, who died 8 June 1856, aged 64 yrs. He died 8 Jan. 1856.
ELIZABETH b. II Jan. 1792; m. 13 Feb. 1813 Joseph H. Hoyt.
JOSHUA STROUT b. 27 May 1794; m. 21 Oct. 1817 Charlotte Sydleman. Died in Lisbon 23 Sept. 1875. His wife died 22 Jan. 1879. Ch. Everett of Lisbon, Edward H. of Lewiston and Charlotte who m. Dr. David B. Sawyer.
ESTHER b. 9 April 1799; m. Zadock Jones and d. in W. Bowdoin.
SOPHIA b. 7 May 1803; m. Caleb Jones. Died in China, Me.
MARY b. 26 July 1806; m. David McFarland of Lisbon.
JOSEPH b. 26 July 1806; d. 16 Jan. 1807.
Children by second marriage.
CHARLES WM. b. 19 Sept. 1830; d. in Lisbon.
ALPHEUS S. b. 18 June 1836. Lives in Nevada.
Benjamin, son of Lt. William Gerrish, married 28 Nov. 1798 Sally True. Lived on a portion of his father's farm. Died 20 Aug. 1854. His wife died 26 June 1852, aged 74 yrs.
ALMIRA b. 6 July 1799; m. 1817 Abram True and moved to Ohio.
ARZILLA b. 9 Feb. 1801; m. 1820, Andrew Blethen.
HANNAH b. 9 Jan. 1803; m. 13 Aug. 1823 James Strout; d. 7 May 1881.
MARY b. 13 Jan. 1805; m. 4 April 1832 Jeremiah B. Day.
SALLY m. 23 June 1836 Greenfield H. Harris.
ABIGAIL b. 9 Sept. 1814; m. I May 1853 Leonard Macomber; d. Mch. I868.
DAVID T. b. 3 Sept. 1815; see p. 191.
CAROLINE m. I Jan. 1840 Jeremiah Day; d. 29 Oct. 1840, aged 30 yrs. 4 mos.
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James, son of Lt. William Gerrish, married 26 Nov. 1801 Susanna Roberts. He lived on a portion of the homestead. Died 8 Oct. 1865. His wife died 27 Aug. 1865.
MERCY b. 4 May 1802; d. young.
ANSEL b. 25 Feb. 1804; m. Phebe Beal; see p. 70; d. 19 Aug. 1859.
SALLY b. 25 Sept. 1806; m. 20 Aug. 1831 John Marston 3d of N. Yarmouthı.
IRENA b. 31 Jan. 1809; d. young ..
SUSANNA b. 14 April 1812; m. Ammi Vining.
ANGELINA b. 12 July 1813. Unm.
SALINA b. 17 Jan. 1816; m. 3 June 1845 Joel H. Trafton; d. 20 Aug. 1874 in Durham.
MARY b. 29 April 1819; m. Merrill W. Strout; lives in Woburn, Mass.
JAMES WM. b. 25 Dec. 1820; m. (1) Lucy Hersey; (2) Sarah West. Ch. by first marriage, John H. and Albertha m. John Allen. James W. Gerrish died at Auburn, Me., 6 Jan. 1899.
JOHN b. 7 June 1825; d. 13 Nov. 1847. Unm.
WILLIAM GERRISH, son of Lieut. Wm. and Esther (Parker) Gerrish was born in Royalsborough 20 May 1786; m. (1) 25 Nov. 1811, Mary Sydlenian ; (2) 13 May 1821 Sophia Thomas who died June 1835 ; (3) 1849 Mrs. (Hoyt) Adams of Readfield. He built the brick house where Andrew Fitz now lives about 1832. The bricks were made on the bank of the river in front of the house where he lived for many years. He died, in 1862, in Durham. Old residents will be glad to see his portrait.
EMILY b. 1812; m. 29 Nov. 1837 Moses Atkinson; d. abt. 1850 in Hartland.
JANE M. b. 1813; d. in infancy.
WILLIAM b. April, 1815; m. 7 Dec. 1843 Rachel C. Whitney; both are living.
ALBERT H. b. 8 Oct. 1816; m. 27 April 1843 Lydia Ann Lunt of Brunswick; lives at Berlin, N. H.
MARY JANE b. 1818; m. 5 May 1850 Albert Wyer; d. in Lynn, Mass. abt. 1854.
MARIA b. 1820; d. at age of four years.
JABEZ WOODMAN b. 1824; m. 15 April 1849 Harriet J. Weston. Residence, Brockton, Mass.
CHARLES b. 1826; d. abt. 1848.
EDWIN b. 1829; d. in Berlin, N. H. 25 March, 1897.
HENRY b. 1832; d. 1855.
SOPHIA b. 1835; d. 1838.
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Jeremiah Gerrish, son of Charles, 2d, married, 7 Dec. 1800 Mary. Duran. Lived near Pownal line in West Durham. Died 25 July 1822. His wife died 10 Sept. 1851, aged 80 years.
HEZEKIAH b. I Nov. 1801; ni. 19 Mch. 1845 Mary Carsley of Pownal. MATTHEW b. 8 Mch. 1804; m. 11 Mch. 1833 Phebe Bishop of Freeport.
ELSY b. I Oct. 1806; m. 13 May 1831 Nathl Osgood.
SEWALL b. 17 Jan. 1809; d. 20 June 1849.
PHEBE JANE m. 23 Nov. 1843 Ammi Loring of N. Yarmouth.
SALLY b. 24 Jan. 1813; m. Ira B. Richards.
George Gerrish, son of Nathaniel, married 24 Nov. 1805 Esther Woodbury. Besides one who died in infancy they had,
ANGELINE b. II Mch. 1809; d. 7 Jan. 1817.
GEO. WASHINGTON b. 10 May 1811.
JOSEPH MARRINER b. 10 May 1811.
PRISCILLA b. 19 Dec. 1812.
REBECCA b. 27 Mch. 1815.
ABNER HARRIS b. 27 Aug. 1817; lived in Lee, Me.
James, son of George and Mary (Mitchell) Gerrish, born 22 Nov. 1784, married 8 Oct. 1808, Mary, dau. of Barstow Syl- vester of Freeport. Lived near the homestead on County Road. Farmer. Died 8 June 1824. His wife, born 1787, died 20 Aug. 1859.
HARRISON S. b. 27 Jan. 1810; m. Jane T. Small of Lisbon. Three . children grew up; Melissa Jane, born 29 Jan. 1836, m. Wm. T. Osgood of Durham; Charles Harrison b. 22 April 1838, m. 21 Sept. 1860 Emily F. Chaffin oi Portland and d. there 9 Mch. 1864, leaving two ch., Charles Edward and Harry; Mary Adelaide, b. 27 Feb. 1841, m. Moses Osgood of Durham.
GEORGE BARSTOW b. 3 July 1811; m. 17 Nov. 1841 Eliza Field. Died in Freeport 28 Aug. 1850. Two daughters.
EMELINE b. 7 Mch. 1817; in. 29 Mch. 1840 Amos Field of Freeport. STEPHEN S. b. 23 Mch. 1820; m. 18 Oct. 1848 Harriet N. Conner of Troy, Me. Died in Canaan, Me. 6 May 1864. Six ch.
JOHN JORDAN b. 21 Dec. 1821. See p. -
John, son of George and Mary (Mitchell) Gerrish, born 10 June 1787, m. 15 Sept. 1811 Joanna West of Freeport. Lived on the old homestead. Died 5 July 1821.
LUCY B. b. 15 June 1813; m. 17 Jan. 1841 James Meguier of Portland. GEORGE b. 28 Dec. 1814; d. 13 Oct. 1839.
MARY b. 20 Aug. 1816; d. 6 July 1817.
ALBIN b. I May 1818; m. 16 May 1841 Julia Lane of Auburn. Died Jan. 1850. At his death the old Gerrish homestead, that had been held by the family 98 years, passed into other hands.
LYDIA b. 29 April 1820; d. 3 Dec. 1820.
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Joseph Marriner, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Marriner) Ger- rish, born 24 Mch. 1783, m. 25 Mch. 1807 (by the Rev. Samuel Deane D. D.) Barbara, dau. of Capt. John and Mary (Burnham) Scott. He married (2) 16 Nov. 1842 Mrs. Mary Ann Hersey, who died 28 Mch. 1897. He died in Portland 30 April 1853. See p. III.
ADELINE b. 23 Dec. 1808; m. 2 Nov. 1828 Wm. E. Edwards of Port- land. Died II Jan. 1875. He died 16 Sept. 1877.
FRANCIS ANN b. 13 Oct. 1810; m. (1) 28 June 1842 Wm. Bartol; (2) Reuben Ordway. Died 30 Aug. 1895.
JOSEPII FREDERICK AUGUSTUS b. 14 June 1812; d. 28 Sept. 1813.
MARTHA MARTIN b. 10 Mch. 1814; m. 12 Aug. 1833 Rufus Read of Portland. Died 26 Sept. 1847. He died 9 Sept. 1848.
ELLEN LUCKETIA b. 29 Feb. 1816; d. II Sept. 1817.
JOSEPH b. 26 Dec. 1817; d. 26 Oct. 1836.
EDWARD PAYSON b. 8 Nov. 1819; m. 9 May 1844 Julia W. Scott. Died 26 Nov. 1871.
ELLEN LOUISE b. 8 Oct. 1821; m. 24 Dec. 1846 Henry W. Hersey. Died 27 Mch. 1898. He died 27 Mch. 1890.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS b. 30 July 1823; m. 25 Sept. 1849 Martha J. Ordway. Died 9 April 1873. She died 4 Oct. 1881.
AUGUSTUS FRANKLIN b. 30 July 1823; m. 27 Dec. 1848 Caroline Eliz- abeth, dau. of Col. James March of Gorham. She died 30 Nov. 1893. He lives in Portland.
WM. OLIVER b. 3 Jan. 1827; d. 18 Oct. 1831.
MARY KIDDER b. 28 Sept. 1828; d. 20 Oct. 1831.
W.M. SCOTT b. 28 June 1830; m. 1854 Hannah Bailey. Died 29 June 1887. She died Mch. 1890.
David, son of Benjamin and Sally (True) Gerrish, married S April 1849 Lorenda Wood. Lived many years on the home- stead. Present residence, Somerville, Mass.
FREDERICK HERBERT b. 6 Mch. 1850; d. 16 Sept. 1868.
EMMA b. 22 Mch. 1853; d. 10 Mch. 1855.
ELLA CAROLINE b. 29 Dec. 1855; m. 28 Sept. 1876 Daniel A. Bolton. ALMON ADELBERT b. 26 Mch. 1858; m. 24 Feb. 1891 Mary N. Arnold. Died 16 Feb. 1893.
GETCHELL.
John Getchell, son of Samuel of Salisbury and grandson of Samuel the emigrant of 1638, came to Brunswick in 1736, and settled near Bull Bridge. There were baptized in Scarborough, 19 July 1736, Elizabeth, Dorcas, Mary and Ruth, children of John and Elizabeth Getchell. Their children born in Bruns-
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wick were Abigail, 10 May 1737, and William, 6 Sept. 1740. John Getchell m. (2) 1742, Mary Barber of Falmouth. They had twelve children. He died 10 May 1771, aged 74 yrs.
DORCAS b. 25 Feb. 1743; m. (Int. Rec. 22 Oct. 1763) John Blethen.
SAMUEL b. 15 Aug. 1745; m. 16 July 1765 (1) Sarah Simmons in Harps- well; (2) 12 April 1809 Mary Tibbetts. He settled in Litchfield and died 1822. 12 ch. born in Brunswick, 6 in Litchfield.
JOHN b. 3 Dec. 1748; m. in Cape Elizabeth 19 Sept. 1771 Elizabeth Robinson. He was then "of Royal's Town." Their children recorded in Durham were Daniel b. 8 Sept. 1775; Abigail b. 21 Dec. 1777; Betty b. 6 Dec. 1772. There were probably others.
MARY b. 23 March 1750; m. Solomon Tracy.
HUGH b. 26 Dec. 1752. See below.
ROBERT b. 21 Sept. 1754; m. 27 Mch. 1777 Sarah Hall. He was drowned while crossing the river in a snow storm, just above Lisbon Falls in 1807. His son Winslow was born 14 Jan. 1785 and moved to Bowdoin in 1808. Winslow's son, David B. of Auburn was born 14 June 1813.
JUDITH b. 18 Aug. 1756; m. 25 Dec. 1775 Clement Orr of Harpswell, afterward of Durham.
SUSANNA b. 21 June 1757.
NATHANIEL b. 14 May 1759; see below.
ANNA b. 14 June 1761; m. Christopher Tracy.
ELIZABETH W. b. 15 Feb. 1764; m. Samuel Tracy.
JOSEPH RIGGS. See below.
Hugh Getchell came with his father to Royalsborough about 1770 ; m. 26 Jan. 1775 Mary Walles of Brunswick and died in Durham in 1838. Their children were.
DAVID b. II Nov. 1776; m. Susanna Davis; (2) 16 July 1815 Sally (Davis) Douglas. He died in Litchfield II Aug. 1858. See Hist. of Litchfield.
JOSIAH b. 4 Oct. 1778; d. 25 June 1797.
BETHANY b. 19 Oct. 1780; m. Joseph Varney of Brunswick.
JEREMIAH b. 30 March 1783; m. 13 Sept. 1804 Sarah Babb of Durham. ELISHA b. 13 Jan. 1785; m. 17 June 1824 Eliza Owen; (2) Mrs. Mary (Duran) Douglas, widow of Rev. Wm. Douglas. See below.
HUGH b. 15 Mch. 1787; in. Prudence Davis; d. I Sept. 1864. See Hist. of Litchfield.
MARY b. 14 April 1789; in. 30 July 1815 Josiah Magoon of Litchfield. Lived in Hartland.
LUCY b. 14 Feb. 1792. Unm.
SARAH b. 28 Sept. 1793; m. 17 May 1820 Wm. Beal of Durham.
LYDIA b. 24 July 1795; m. 1827, James Booker of Durham.
ISAAC b. 12 July 1797; m. 1824, Susannah Getchell of Brunswick. Lived in St. Albans.
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ELIHU b. 22 Mch. 1799. Unm.
ISRAEL b. 24 Mch. 1802; m. 10 Oct. 1830 Alice Skolfield of Bruns- wick. Ch. Emery b. 4 Feb. 1831. Unm. Lives in St. Albans; Lindly b. 4 July 1833 m. - Bibber, lives in Harpswell; Emeline Lovina b. 2 July 1835.
Nathaniel Getchell, mentioned above, m. 6 Dec. 1781 Merriam Blethen in Brunswick. Their ch. born in Durham were.
PHEBE b. 19 Jan. 1783; m. 30 Oct. 1798 Timothy Dunton.
JAMES b. 26 June 1784; d. 2 June 1802.
JUDITH b. 26 May 1786; m. 15 April 1812 Wm. Jones of Brunswick. RHODA b. 12 Oct. 1789; d. 21 June 1802.
NANCY b. 22 Jan. 1792; m. 13 Feb. 1814 Joseph Malcolm of Lisbon.
WEALTHY b. 18 Mch. 1794; m. 11 April 1813 Abel Kimball of Lisbon.
NATHANIEL Jr. b. 20 Mch. 1797; m. 1825 Deborah Bicknell of Buck- field.
MERRIAM b. 2 Aug. 1799.
LOVEY b. 26 July 1801; m. I July 1819 James Coombs of Bowdoin.
PHEBE b. 7 June 1803.
ANNA b. 19 Dec. 1804.
Joseph Riggs Getchell married, Nov. 1786 Grace Springer. Their children seem to have been as follows.
MARGARET b. 6 April 1787; m. 7 Jan. 1810 Christopher Tracy.
LOVE b. 5 Sept. 1789; Riggs b. 5 Nov. 1791; Daniel b. 16 Mch. 1794.
MARY b. 26 Nov. 1798; Grace b. 5 July 1804; James b. 3 Oct. 1806; Louis b. 13 Dec. 1808.
Elisha, son of Hugh Getchell m. (1) Eliza Owen; (2) Mrs. Mary (Duran) Douglas. He died 26 Jan. 1882. Their children were.
ALFRED b. II Oct. 1823; m. Sarah Prescott.
JEREMIAH b. 3 April 1825; m. Harriet Doughty of Topsham; d. in Raymond.
HUGH b. I April 1827; d. 21 Oct. 1843.
ARNEE b. 27 April 1829; d. in Cal.
ELIZA ANN b. 14 Feb. 1832; m. Wm. Stimpson.
ELISHA A. b. I July 1842; m. - Nash; d. 29 Aug. 1882 in Deering.
HANNAH J. b. 4 Dec. 1843; m. Orlando Cash; d. 17 July 1886 in West- brook.
GOODWIN.
Samuel Goodwin, probably son of Thomas and Hannah (Wells) Goodwin of Wells, Me., was born about 1738 and married (1) 26 Nov. 1761 Elizabeth Libby of Scarboro, where their first three children were baptized. He was living on
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the County Road next to Freeport line earlier than 1780. His name appears on the Alarm List in 1787. He married (2) 13 April . 1791 Margaret Haskell and died in 1806, leaving, in his will, his small farm to six children after the decease of his wife Margaret. After her death, later than 1821, the farm passed into the possession of Josiah Burnham.
GEORGE b. 12 April 1762; see below.
MARY b. II April 1765; m. 30 Nov. 1786 John Vining; d. 14 Nov. 1839.
SAMUEL bap. 5 June 1768; was in the training band in 1787; owned a farm in Durham in 1820.
WILLIAM (?) said to have died at sea. If so, before 1806.
ELIZABETH m. 28 Jan. 1791 John Cushing; d. 26 May 1843, aged 76 yrs.
JONATIIAN m. 26 April 1793 Persis, dau. of Jeremiah Smith. She was born 9 Feb. 1778. He was taxed in Durham only in 1794. Persis Good- win m. 30 July 1811 Russel Hinkley in Lisbon.
DANIEL m. I Mch. 1801 Sarah Haskell; d. at St. Albans, Me.
George Goodwin, soldier of the Revolution, m. in No. Yar- mouth 24 Sept. 1786 Mary Davis. Both were then of Royals- borough. She was born Oct. 1763 at Cape Ann and died at Avon 10 Oct. 1839. He died at Avon 7 July 1855. His second wife was -- Jones of Avon. He lived in Durham near Methodist Corner and moved to Avon about 1820.
SAMUEL b. 1790; m. 24 Jan. 1813 Wealthy Jones; 9 ch .; moved to Phillips.
ELIZABETH m. Reuben True (?)
SALLY m. (1) IS17 Reuben Roberts and went West; m. (2) Daniel Miller.
ABIGAIL m. 1812 Rev. Daniel Roberts.
HANNAH b. 16 July 1797; m. in Avon, Samuel Jacobs.
ANDREW DAVIS b. 2 Feb. 1800; m. 15 May 1828 in Avon, Jane Smith; d. 3 April 1875 in Farmington. Benjamin Goodwin of Farmington, Reg- ister of Deeds, is his son.
HARMON.
John Harmon,* a soldier in 1675, was in Wells, Me., in 1681, and had wife Sarah and eight children, of whom the second son, Samuel, was born 15 June 1686 and married, 19 Marchi 1707 Mercy Stimpson. They moved to Scarboro' about 1728. Their son John was born about 1718 and m. (1) 2 Dec. 1742, Mary Hasty of Scarboro'.
*For information about the early history of this family I am indebted to Rev. George M. Bodge of Leominster, Mass., who is preparing a Genealogy of the Harmon Family.
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Daniel, son of John and Mary (Hasty) Harmon was born in Scarborough 17 April 1747. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Married Sarah York of Cape Elizabeth. The intentions were recorded 19 Mch. 1768. They lived for some time in Standish, where ten children were born. He moved to Durham before 1794 and died there 22 Aug. 1806. His wife died 28 Oct. 1832. Both united with the Cong. Ch. in Standish 4 Feb. 1775. They had,
FRANCIS. See below.
ROBERT. Unknown.
SUSANNAH m. 18 Jan. 1798 Moses Roberts.
LYDIA m. 18 Mch. 1801 Aaron Davis.
DANIEL. See below.
JOHN b. 14 Mch. 1782. See p. 197.
HANNAH n1. 4 Sept. 1814 Rufus Warren.
Francis, son of Daniel and Sarah (York) Harmon, was born in Standish 1 June 1772. Came to Durham with his parents ; m. (1) 15 Oct. 1797 Susannah, dau. of O. Israel Bagley. She was born in Royalsborough 9 Mch. 1777 and died 5 June 1798, leav- ing one son.
O. ISRAEL BAGLEY HARMON b. 7 Mch. 1798; died 1820.
Francis Harmon m. (2) 18 Oct. 1798 Betsey Dyer who was born 15 Oct. 1776 and died 26 Feb. 1807, leaving four children.
BENJAMIN b. 20 Nov. 1799; mi. a Miss Brett; died in Ill.
SUSANNAH b. 5 Oct. 1801; m. 14 Mch. 1825 David Rogers of Raymond. LORING b. 9 Nov. 1803; m. - Oct. 1828 Eunice Douglas; d. s. p. in Dover, Me.
FRANCIS JR. b. 18 Jan. 1806. See p. 196.
Francis Harmon m. (3) 28 Sept. 1807 Leah Beal of Hingham, Mass., who was born 2 Jan. 1779 and died 18 Oct. 1829, leaving four ch.
BETSEY DYER b. 19 July 1808; d. 16 Aug. 1810.
WILLIAM LORING b. 3 Dec. 1809. M. D. at Bowdoin Coll. 1835. Practiced in Durham, Lynn, Mass., and N. Y. City. A dau. Geraldine m. Albion Strout. A son Fred is a lawyer in Ill.
JOSEPH BEAL b. 8 Oct. 1811; went to Ill.
EMILY KING b. 30 Aug. 1817; m. 13 Oct. 1836, Daniel Newell.
Francis Harmon m. (4) 1830 Sally Dyer of Portland. She died Nov. 1845. He died 1 June 1862 in Durham. He was a carpenter by trade, a man of piety, kindness and generosity.
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Francis Harmon Jr. b. 18 Jan. 1806; m 24 Nov. 1831 Huldah Douglas, dau. of Paul and Nancy (Warren) Douglas, born in Brunswick 4 Feb. 1800 and died in Auburn 4 Feb. 1869. He died 4 Jan. 1870. Their children were all born in Durham.
SARAH E. b. 25 Nov. 1833; d. 29 May 1853.
ESTHER COLLINS b. 25 Aug. 1835; d. 24 May 1855.
EDWARD F. b. 5 June 1837; m. 16 July 1872 Jennie S. Rich of Auburn. He resided in San Francisco, Cal., where he died 4 Oct. 1875.
GEORGE HARRISON b. 18 May 1839; m. 14 March 1871 Orphia L. Vick- ery of Auburn, where he resides.
FRANCES ELLEN b. 21 April 1841; m. II Feb. 1869 Thomas Wheaton. They live in Oakland, Cal.
HENRIETTA LOUISA b. 26 Feb. 1843; m. 24 Sept. 1867 Frank E. Young of Auburn. She died 10 June 1876.
Daniel Harmon Jr. b. 9 Feb. 1778 and d. 26 Nov. 1848; m. 27 Sept. 1798 Mary True. She was born in Salisbury, Mass. 28 Oct. 1781 and died in Durham, 3 June 1821. He was a sol- dier in the War of 1812, a leading Methodist, Trial Justice, Rep- resentative, and held many town offices. They had nine children.
AARON b. 20 Jan. 1799; d. in Washington, D. C., 1870.
MARY b. 25 Sept. 1802; m. 22 June 1828 Jesse Hayes of New Glouces- ter. Prof. B. F. Hayes of Cobb Divinity School is a son.
WILLIAM b. 12 Feb. 1804; d. 9 Oct. 1806.
REBECCA TRUE b. 17 May 1806; in. 30 Nov. 1826 Charles Cobb of New Gloucester. He was Clerk of Courts in Portland many years. She m. (2) May, 1861, the Rev. Charles W. Morse and died in Evanstown, Ill., 23 Oct. 1883.
WILLIAM TRUE b. 23 Oct. 1808; d. 26 Dec. 1830. Unm.
DANIEL 3d b. 7 April 1811; d. 10 June 1862 in Oshkosh, Wis.
LORENZO Dow b. 19 April 1814; m. Mary Stevens of Portland; d. in Washington 1890.
ZEBULON KING b. II Nov. 1816. See Biog. Sketch.
ALLEN COBB b. 4 Aug. 1819; d. in Alexandria, Va., 1891.
Daniel Harmon m. (2) 19 Oct. 1821 Sally S. Cobb of West- boro, Mass. She was born 6 Mch. 1790 and died 24 Aug. 1827. They had two children.
CHARLES COBB b. 5 Aug. 1822. Lawyer. Clerk of Courts in Portland; d. 1856.
JOSIAH COBB b. Sept. 1823; d. 1824.
David Harinon m. (3) 26 Feb. 1828 Mary Hayes of New Gloucester. She was born 30 June 1792 and died 15 April 1868. Three ch.
SALLY COBB b. 4 Feb. 1831; d. 5 Oct. 1835.
ZEBULON KING HARMON.
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JOHN HAYES b. 29 Jan. 1832; d. in Hardingsburg, Ky., 28 Oct. 1898. ORIN b. 25 Dec. 1835; d. in Hardingsburg, Ky., 10 Nov. 1888.
John, son of Daniel and Sarah (York) Harmon, was born 14 Mch. 1782, in Standish. He married (1) Eliza Riggs who was born in Portland 19 Sept. 1784. He moved to Portland after the birth of his third child and thence to Boston. By his second marriage there were children whose names are unknown.
LOUISA b. 10 Nov. 1805; d. 24 Aug. 1806.
JANE E. b. 8 Feb. 18c7; m. Dea. E. P. Tobie of Lewiston.
LOUISA b. 24 May 1808.
JOHN JR. lived in Cape Elizabeth and later in Durham on road leading to No. Pownal.
HASCALL.
Although not originally a Durham family yet for many years the Hascalls have been so largely identified with the best inter- ests of the town, it seems fitting that a sketch of the family should be inserted here. Their progenitor, William Hascall, settled in Gloucester, Mass., about the middle of the 17th century, and from this place shoots from the family tree were transplanted into various parts of the country. Rev. Daniel Hascall, the father of Laurin, William, and Ralph, and their sister Mrs. E. P. Shailer, formerly of Portland, was born in Connecticut, but in early life went to New York State, where he was pastor of various Baptist Churches and was also largely instrumental in founding what is now known as Colgate University at Hamilton. William C. and Ralph H., his sons, made their home in Vermont until the year 1862, when they both moved to Durham. William purchased the old Jonathan C. Merrill place in the village. Ralph purchased the Secomb Jordan place adjoining William's. Laurin, after a long experience in New York and the West as an educator, came to Durham to spend his last days. He died in 1897 (?) Ralph H. and Celia Hascall had three children. The youngest died in boy- hood; Frank resides in Durham, and Mary is the wife of Prof. E. W. Hall of Colby University. William C. and Finette had five sons: Of these Charles D. and James A. married in Ver- mont but settled in Durham. Charles afterward moved to Oregon, where he now resides. George H. married (I) a daugh- ter of Richard Dyer, (2) a daughter of James Newell. He pur- chased the Jordan Dingley place on which he still resides. The next son, William H. Shailer went as a missionary to Burma in
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1872 under the auspices of the A. B. Missionary Union where he remained for about eight years. He there married Miss Emma A. Chace, who had gone to Burma as a missionary of the Baptist Woman's Board. After they returned to this country they were for a time in Farmington, Me., he having the pastoral care of the Baptist Church in that village. When their health would permit they returned again to Burma where they remained about five years. After returning to America the second time they resided in Fall River, Mass., where he was assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church for over six years. They are now living in Dover, N. H., where he is pastor of the Central Ave. Baptist Church. R. Judson, the youngest of the five sons, married Rose, the daughter of George Nichols. He resided for a time in Dur- ham and Auburn but is now engaged in business in Woodstock, N. B. Both Celia and Finette have entered into rest. The latter died II May 1886, aged 70 yrs. 3 mos. William C. married (2) Emily Knight.
HASTY.
Robert Hasty 3d was born in Scarboro 23 Nov. 1786; m. 30 Nov. 1814 Mrs. Esther (Libby) Meserve of Scarboro and moved to West Durham in 1833. He died 18 Feb. 1874. His wife died Nov. 1863.
DANIEL M. b. Nov. 1818; m. 13 Jan. 1845 Catherine Moses; lived on the homestead; d. 28 Mch. 1864; wife died 11 May 1895.
MARGARET b. 20 Aug. 1823; m. 19 Feb. 1846 Ai Carsley of Pownal; d. 21 May 1847.
GEORGE E. b. Oct. 1831; in. 5 June 1856 Mary A. Richards of Durham; d. 23 April 1857,
Children of Daniel M. and Catherine (Moses) Hasty.
JOIIN E. b. 8 Sept. 1846; m. 17 Aug. 1867 Marcia P. Weeks. Lives on the homestead.
ELIZA E. b. 10 Mch. 1850; m. 28 June 1867 Rev. Emerson H. McKen- ncy. Res. Saugus, Mass.
GEORGIA E. b. 29 Mch. 1857; d. 31 Aug. 1894.
KATE M. b. 6 Jan. 1864; m. 9 June 1887 Fred C. Chever of Saugus, Mass.
Children of John E. and Marcia P. (Weeks) Hasty.
FLORA W. b. 22 Mch. 1869; d. 24 Aug. 1873.
LOTTIE F. b. 24 Sept. 1871; d. 18 May 1892.
ELLA F. b. 26 Oct. 1877; d. 24 Jan. 1887.
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GENEALOGICAL NOTES
HATCH.
John Hatch, b. in Scituate, Mass. 6 Mch. 1772 ; d. in Lewiston, 5 July 1862; m. 2 Aug. 1793 Abigail Turner b. 18 Aug. 1772 and d. 2 Aug. 1852. They came to Durham about 1795 and left town about 1807.
DEBORAH b. at Freeport 15 Dec. 1794.
JOHN JR. b. 31 July 1798.
FREEMAN b. 19 May 1800.
ELISHA b. 5 Sept. 1802.
ABIGAIL b. II Nov. 1805.
MARY b. 4 May 1807.
TRUE GLIDDEN b. 25 July 1810.
ROZILLA b. 28 Jan. 1814.
ELIZA b. 25 Aug. 1816.
HAWKES.
Nathan Hawkes was born 23 Mch. 1783 in China, Me. He came to Durham when a boy, lived with Joseph Estes and learned of him the trade of tanner and harness-maker. He married Mary Winslow of Falmouth. He died 10 Jan. 1847. She died 17 Jan. 1853. 13 ch.
MARIA b. 23 Dec. 1806; m. John Varney.
HANNAH b. 20 Nov. 1808; m. 6 Nov. 1825 Francis A. B. Hussey. Liv- ing in Iowa.
JOSEPH b. 2 Jan. 1811; m. Lydia Frye. I dau. Died 2 Sept. 1879.
SIBYL D. b. 3 May 1813; m. I Jan. 1835 Sam'l B. Hussey.
LYDIA b. 20 May 1815; m. Amos Varney.
MIRIAM b. 30 May 1817; in. Geo. W. Sutherland; d. 6 April 1842.
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