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LUCY A. b. 12 July 1819; m. 31 Dec. 1838 Oliver Stoddard.
CYNTHIA b. 12 Aug. 1821; m. (1) Isaac Farr; (2) Oliver Stoddard. ISAIAH b. 4 Dec. 1823; m. Sarah Hopkins.
NATHAN b. 16 Feb. 1826; m. Charlotte Norton; lives in Appleton, Wis. JOB W. b. 6 Jan. 1828; d. 26 Jan. 1833.
MARY J. b. 7 June 1830; m. Elijah Conant of Appleton, Wis.
JEREMIAH b. 7 Nov. 1832; m. Laura Cushing of Freeport.
HERRICK.
The Herrick Genealogy has been traced back to the twelfth century. The family is of Scandinavian origin. Sir Willian! Herrick of Beau Manor, Leicester Co., Eng., was member of Parliament 1601-1630 and Ambassador from Queen Elizabeth to the Sublime Porte. Henry, his fifth son, was born in 1604, and came to Salem, Mass. in 1629, where he married Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh Laskin. They settled in what is now Beverly. They
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were among the founders of the first church in Salem in 1629 and of that in Beverly in 1667. Their fifth son, Joseph, married for his second wife Mary Endicott, whose sixth child, Martyn, mar- ried Ruth Endicott of Salem and settled at Lynnfield. Their second son Samuel, born 1713, married Elizabeth Jones of Wil - mington in 1742. These were the parents of the Rev. Jacob Her- rick. See p. 51.
Mr. Herrick settled on that part of lot 67 which lies east of the County Road. Here he bought, 13 Mch. 1797, twenty-six acres of Capt. Wm. McGray. The deed says that the land sold began a "few rods eastward of my house and nearly the same distance from the Northwest corner of the Meeting House." The old Herrick parsonage was burned a few years ago.
His children were as follows :
SARAH b. 12 Feb. 1781; d. Oct. 1855. Unm.
ELIZABETH died 1863. Unm.
THOMAS, died young.
THOMAS, m. 9 Sept. 1811 Catherine, dau. of Joseph Weeman of Dur- ham. He died at Harmony, Me., 17 May 1867. Had been Representative to the Legislature. Twelve ch.
JACOB b. 29 Mch. 1791. See Biog. Sketch.
The family of Jacob and Abigail (Scott) Herrick were, besides two who died in infancy :
WILLIAM BENTLY b. 20 Sept. 1813. Studied medicine. Surgeon in Mexican War. Professor of Anatomy in Rush Medical College, Chicago. Married Martha Seward of Hillsboro, Ill. His two sons, John J. and William J. are lawyers in Chicago.
ELIZABETH AUGUSTA b. 9 Feb. 1815; m. Barnard Williams of Durham; d. 21 June 1864.
JOSIAH BURNHAM b. 8 Jan. 1821. Physician. Demonstrator of Anat- omy at Rush Medical College, Chicago. Married Automa Thornton. Died in Cal., leaving one son Jacob Thornton Herrick of Shelbyville, Il1.
HARRIET ELLEN b. 2 Dec. 1825; m. Capt. Seth Burnham Mclellan of Portland.
ANNA MARIA b. 7 Aug. 1827; m. E. Franklin Packard of Auburn.
HIBBARD.
Deacon John Hibbard and family and James Hibbard his son were warned out of town in 1791. They staid and lived on lot 77. John died 6 Dec. 1791. The wife of James was Sarah He d. 19 Feb. 1837, aged 88 years.
JACOB HERRICK, JR.
ABIGAIL (SCOTT) HERRICK.
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Their children were :
ESTHER b. 12 May 1778; m. 2 Dec. 1801 Jacob Sawyer.
MOLLY b. 9 July 1782; in. 5 Jan. 1826 Stephen Hibbard of Mercer. TIMOTHY MERREK D. 7 Oct. 1784; m. 14 Dec. 1809 Mary Dyer. MORENA b. II Aug. 1780; m. His son Jacob was born 19 March 1805.
HANNAH b. 20 June 1787; m. 21 May 1807 Roger Toothaker of Bruns- wick.
JAMES MERKEK b. 16 Mch. 1790.
HOOPER.
David Hooper bought 70 acres of Benjamin and Lydia "Lovekin" in 1796, on the lower County Road. His son Nehemiah married Tukey Mitchell of Freeport and settled here. The births of two children are recorded in Durham, Dummer Mitchell b. 3 Nov. 1803 and David b. 4 July 1804 (sic.)
HOYT.
John Hoyt, son of John, was born in the Block House in Scarboro Oct. 1738. He married, 17 Jan. 1765, Anna, dau. of William Hasty, who was also born in the Block House at Scar- boro, 7 June 1744. They came to Royalsborough as early as 1773. He was a farmer and mariner. Lived on or near lot 125. He died Sept. 1823. His wife died in 1825.
WILLIAM b. 5 June 1765; m. int. 18 Feb. 1792 Betsey Cushing of Free- port.
HANNAH b. 13 Dec. 1770; m. 20 Nov. 1794 Jonathan True; d. 15 Dec. 1801.
ANNA b. 15 May 1772; m. 19 Feb. 1797 William Newell.
JOHN b. 25 Dec. 1774; m. 29 Nov. 1802 Molly Gerrish.
MOLLY b. 17 July 1776; m. 27 Nov. 1800 Daniel Libby; d. 22 July 1848. LETTICE b. 25 Nov. 1779; m. 29 July 1799, David Osgood.
JOSEPH H. b. 23 Oct. 1789; m. 13 Feb. 1812, Elizabeth Gerrish.
John and Mary (Gerrish) Hoyt had children.
WM. G. b. 6 Dec. 1803; m. 27 Nov. 1830 Arabella D. Elliott; died 20 March 1858 in Portland. Several children.
MARIA B. b. 14 April 1806; d. 1820.
JOHN b. 1808; m. 1833, Mary C. Bachelder; d. in Yarmouth, 5 Jan. 1855. 3 daus., two of whom, Cornelia and Jennie, perished in the sinking of the steamer Portland, 26 Nov. 1898.
MARY JANE b. II June 1811; d. 1I May 1816.
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BENJAMIN G. b. 17 Mch. 1814; m. 1841, Jane W. Rowe, dau. of Moses and Jane (Webster) Rowe. He died 9 Aug. 1853, at Beach Grove, Tenn., where he was Professor in a literary institution. Their son Henry N. W. was born in Durham 5 Nov. 1842, graduated at Bow- doin College. Lawyer and Teacher. Residence New Brighton, Conn.
MARY F. b. 12 March 1816; m. 29 Mch. 1842, Sam'l G. Russell of Yar- mouth.
JANE b. 5 Nov. 1818; m. 31 Dec. 1845, Secomb Jordan; d. 18 Mch. 1861.
Joseph H. and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Hoyt had children. This family moved to Wilton.
SARAH G. b. 12 Dec. 1812; m. 24 April 1834, Sam'l A. Blanchard. Lived in Phillips, Me.
LETTICE b. 22 May 1816; d. in Portland 14 May 1838.
ANN b. 28 Dec. 1817; m. John Blake; lived in Pierpont, N. H.
JOSEPH GERRISH b. 22 June 1820: m. 5 Dec. 1844 Matilda F. Bradbury. Lived in Wilton and Farmington. He was prominent in political circles and held several important offices. State Senator. d. s. p. 1889.
ANNIE FERGUSON b. 12 Jan. 1823; lived in Wilton. Unm.
ELIZABETH b. 8 Aug. 1825; d. 14 Aug. 1827 in Westbrook.
JOHN b. 18 Mch. 1828; d. 20 June 1828.
WILLIAM b. 15 June 1830; d. 17 June 1830.
MARY ELIZABETH b. 15 May 1831; m. 20 Nov. 1859 Granville Knapp of Wilton.
HUNNEWELL.
Roger Hunnewell settled in Saco in 1654. His son, Lt. Rich- ard Hunnewell was one of the leading inhabitants of Scarbor- ough and a noted fighter of Indians, by whom he was killed. Richard's son Roger married Mary and died 13 June 1720, aged 45 yrs. He left several children, of whom Josiah married, 26 Nov. 1730, Rebecca Brown. They had ten children, of whom Benjamin, the seventh, married, 4 Nov. 1773, Phebe Larrabee. Their children were Benjamin Jr., Andrew, Robert, Moses, John, Lydia, Mary and Phebe. It seems that all of them lived in Durham. Moses m. (Int. Rec. 21 Feb. 1807) Elizabeth McKenney. John m. 10 Aug. 1812 Susannah Turner. Lydia m. 31 Oct. 1811 Wn1. McKenney.
Andrew Hunnewell, son of Benjamin, married, 5 Mch. 1804, Dorothy Webb of Scarborough. He was first taxed in Durham in 1803. He died 26 May 1863, aged 86 yrs. His wife died 28 Sept. 1863, aged 84 yrs. Their children were Gardner, Jonas, Loraine and Sarah.
Robert Hunnewell, born in Scarborough I Dec. 1777, mar-
JOTHAM JOHNSON.
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ried 13 June 1801 Eunice Foy, who was born in Gorham, 16 April 1783. He married (2) 16 Oct. 1811 Susannah, dau. of Vincent Roberts. He died in 1832. His second wife died 30 July 1852. He was living, in 1800, on lot 136.
ELLIOTT b. 16 Dec. 1802. Settled "in the English Provinces."
PETER b. 20 Oct. 1805. Supposed to have died young.
WILLIAM m. Jane Plummer of Danville.
RUTH. Unm.
Ch. by second marriage.
SEWARD n1. Patience Bragdon; d. June 1858.
EUNICE b. 21 May 1812; m. 13 April 1834 Moses W. Thurston.
ELMIRA, died young.
SAMUEL. Unm.
DANIEL. Unm.
TRUE G. m. Rachel J. Harmon. Living in Durham.
JOHNSON.
Jotham Johnson was born in Harpswell 20 Sept. 1784, son of Jonathan and Miriam (Booker) Johnson. He moved to So. Dur- ham in 1810. He was a soldier through the War of 1812. Farmer and fisherman. It is said that he once went to the Bay of Fundy and with a companion caught 3360 cod in one day. Some regard this as a fish story. He united with the Free Baptist church after he was fifty-three years old, and often spoke of it as the best day's work he ever did. He married in 1809 Mehita- bel Hersey of Brunswick. Died 15 Dec. 1886, aged 102 yrs. 2 mos. 25 dys. 7 ch. His wife died 28 Feb. 1879, aged 91 yrs. HANNAH b. 1810; m. James P. Fuller.
WILLIAM H. b. 13 Mch. 1812; m. 26 Nov. 1835 Hannah Collins. ABNER m. Caroline Alexander.
THANKFUL b. July 1815; m. (1) Thomas Crawford; (2) Abram Allen. JEREMIAH, m. Mary Morene.
ARMINA nı. Levi Goddard.
HIRAM m. - Averill.
John Jolinson and Elizabeth Reed married at Drumbo, Ire- land, 20 Sept. 1791. He had a daughter Elizabeth by a former wife, born in Ireland 8 June 1782, who seems to have married Joseph Sawyer of Durham 9 April 1797. John Johnson died in Durham 15 April 1799. Three children are recorded.
SARAH born in Ireland 31 Oct. 1792; MARY, born in Ireland 15 Feb. 1795; JOHN born in Portland, Me., 26 Nov. 1797, m. 25 Dec. 1834 Eliza Ann Webber.
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The following children of William and Jane Johnson are recorded.
David b. 20 Sept. 1812; William Rhodick b. 10 Dec. 1816; m. 18 May 1837 Emma M. Dyer of Durham. He was then of Lynn, Mass.
The following marriages we are unable to classify.
15 Jan. 1787, James Johnson of Royalsborough and Hannah Webber of Harpswell.
9 Nov. 1797, Daniel York and Hannah Johnson.
4 Nov. 1809, Noah Townsend of Freeport and Anna Johnson.
JONES.
Ezekiel Jones born in 1728, as shown by a deposition, came from Falmouth. He married before 1757 Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Jewett) Conant, who was born in Falmouth 3 Oct. 1733. They lived at Saccarappa. They sold their land, 19 Jan. 1771 and in 1773 moved to Royalsborough. His name is 011 records of Royalsborough in 1774. Feb. 10, 1786 he bought 14 acres of land in Royalsborough of Samuel Brown. Nov. 28. 1800 he and wife Elizabeth sold 77 acres of Lot 35 to Thomas Pierce of Scituate, the farm now owned by David Crockett. A son Joshua Jones came with him to Royalsborough. He is first mentioned in 1781. He bought, Oct. 23, 1799, lot 96 of Abigail Lyman, widow, of York. He married 17 April 1783 Dorothy Farr of Harpswell. Died about 1836. His family are recorded as follows.
EZEKIEL b. I Dec. 1783; m. (int. rec. 10 Oct. 1806) Catherine Wood- ard of New Meadows.
WILLIAM b. 12 Jan. 1786; moved to Mexico, Me.
SARAH b. 18 July 1788; m. Thomas Austin I Nov. 1804.
SAMUEL b. 13 Aug. 1790; lived and died in Norridgewock.
JOEL b. 14 Nov. 1791; m. II Jan. 1821, Sally Thomas; d. 15 Sept. 1864. JOSHUA b. 24 Jan. 1794; m. 2 March 1817, Isabel Raines.
DOROTHY b. 24 May 1797; m. 21 Dec. 1817, Abijah Collins. MOSES b. 14 March 1799; see below.
PHINEAS b. II Sept. 1801; d. 19 Sept. 1803.
Moses Jones lived and died on the homestead of his father. He m. (1), 1825, Sarah Hodgkins; (2) 21 Nov. 1844, Elizabeth Hodgkins, who died 22 Mch. 1870.
LYDIA b. 19 Sept. 1825; m. 3 March 1845 Rufus Thomas.
BENJAMIN b. 13 Sept. 1827; unm. Died in Auburn.
ELIZA b. 14 Sept. 1829; m. Joseph Barker.
JOSEPH b. 7 Nov. 1833; went West.
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GEORGE b. 10 May 1836; d. unm.
SARAH J. b. II Dec. 1839; d. young.
MOSES EVERETT b. 10 March 1847; m. Ellen Rice; lives on the home- stead.
ALFRED P. b. 9 Oct. 1850; m. Lizzie Philbrook of Lisbon.
Thomas Jones who married Thankful came "with two brothers" (?) from Wales in 1690 and settled in Hanover, Mass. Later he moved to Harpswell, Me. He had three sons, THOMAS lost at sea, NOAH and LEMEUL.
The intentions of marriage of Noah Jones and Patience Joy were recorded in Brunswick 10 June 1774. He was one of the first settlers of Royalsborough and was last taxed in 1803. He with all his family moved to China, Me. Their children, born in Royalsborough, were
EPHRAIM b. II Feb. 1776; m. Susanna Dudley. Their daughter Sybil Jones was the famous preacher.
MARY b. 30 Nov. 1777.
THOMAS b. 20 July 1780.
THANKFUL b. 6 Dec. 1783.
Lemuel, son of Thomas Jones, born in Hanover, Mass. 30 July 1730, m. 7 Mch. 1751 Wait Estes, dau. of Edward and Patience (Carr) Estes. She was born 31 Mch. 1733. He bought, in 1792, lot 9 of David Dunning. It may be that he bought it for his son Israel who afterward lived there. Lemuel Jones was a preacher in the Friends"Society. He had twelve children.
MERCY b. 15 May 1752; m. 27 July 1771, Nathaniel Hawkes of Wind- ham.
RACHEL b. 2 Feb. 1754; m. 26 Sept. 1773, Andrew Pinkham of Harps- well, afterwards of Durham.
CALEB b. 3 July 1755; m. 26 Oct. 1776, Peace, dau. of James and Sarah Goddard of Falmouth. 6 ch. born in Brunswick.
LEMUEL b. 26 Feb. 1758; m. (1) Catherine Allen; (2) 9 Oct. 1800 Deb- orah Hawkes. Settled in Windham before 1790. 12 ch.
SARAH b. 10 Feb. 1760; m. James Goddard.
EDWARD b. 7 April 1762; see p. 206.
MARY b. 9 March 1764; m. Joshua Frye.
STEPHEN b. 22 Feb. 1766; m. 5 Aug. 1786 Eunice, dau. of Jeremiah and Anne Hacker of Brunswick. 12 ch. born in Brunswick.
ISRAEL b. II May 1768; m. (1) Judith Tuttle; (2) Martha Preble; (3) Widow Day. Lived in So. Durham later than 1810. Moved to Bruns- wick and lived there. Had one son Caleb who died in Westbrook.
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THOMAS b. 7 May 1770; m. (1) Esther Hacker; (2) Hannah Winslow. PHEBE b. 18 May 1772; m. Nathaniel Owen.
LYDIA b. 9 April 1774; m. Stephen Nichols.
EDWARD JONES, mentioned above, m. II Nov. 1784 Mary, dau. of Reuben and Eliza (Varney) Tuttle, born 24 Mch. 1765, died 15 Jan. 1804. He m. (2) Eleanor Morrison, born 22 July 1775, died 21 Jan. 1847. He died 6 Dec. 1833. The register of his family is copied from the Records of the Friends' Society in Durham, and from family records.
RACHEL b. I Mch. 1786; d. II Sept. 1868.
REUBEN b. 19 Dec. 1787; d. 17 Feb. 1868.
LEVI b. 31 Oct. 1790; d. 5 Oct. 1861. MEHITABEL b. 8 May 1793; d. 4 Nov. 1793.
TOBIAS b. 4 Nov. 1794; d. 27 Dec. 1884.
ASA b. 21 July 1796; d. 20 June 1856.
ELISHA b. 19 June 1798; m. (1) 4 June 1824 Sarah Hawkes of Wind- hain, who was b. 25 Mch. 1794 and d. 20 June 1857; m. (2) Mrs. Sarah (Winslow) Boody. He was a prominent man of Windham. Died 22 June 1879.
SILAS b. 27 Mch. 1800; see below.
ELIAS b. 9 Feb. 1802; d. 3 July 1875.
ELIZABETH b. 9 Jan. 1804; d. 2 July 1859.
MARY b. 9 Jan. 1804; d. 24 Nov. 1830.
Children of Edward Jones by second marriage.
LYDIA b. 22 Oct. 1809; d. 27 Aug. 1885. EDWARD b. 3 Feb. 1812; d. 27 Dec. 1855. MARTHA b. 27 Feb. 1814; d. 1896.
OLIVE b. 1I May 1816; d. I May 1839.
DAVID b. I July 1818; d. I March 1821. ABIGAIL b. 3 April 1822.
Silas, son of Edward and Mary (Tuttle) Jones, lived in Wind- ham. Whether he was born in Durham is uncertain. He m. (1) 3 May 1827 Seviah Goddard, who died 28 April 1835 ; m. (2) Lois Brown b. 16 July 1808; d. 2 Aug. 1887. He died 9 Oct. 1863. 4 ch. by first marriage ; 8 by second.
GEORGE b. 7 Feb. 1828; m. Charlotte S. Heald who was born 21 Aug. 1830 and died in Auburn 20 April 1894. Ch. George Edlon and Oscar W. of Auburn and Mrs. Hamn of Hartland.
SARAH b. 10 Dec. 1829. ELIJAH b. 24 May 1832; d. 30 Mch. 1834.
ELIJAH b. I May 1834; d. 4 Jan. 1835. JOSEPH b. 29 Aug. 1837; m. Abbie Goold. DAVID D. b. 2 June 1839; d. 20 Oct. 1892.
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SARAH (MILLER) (JORDAN) DINGLEY.
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CHARLES W. b. 30 Dec. 1840; d. in Windham.
PHEBE T. b. 7 Nov. 1843; d. 23 Feb. 1877.
CLARISSA C. b. 3 Mch. 1846; d. 23 Feb. 1877. JAMES N. b. 16 Jan. 1848.
MARY E. b. 6 Dec. 1849; d. 28 Dec. 1849.
BYRON W. b. 30 June 1851.
JORDAN.
Rev. Robert Jordan was established on Richmond Island in 1641. He married Sarah, only child of John Winter, and died in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1678, aged 67 years.
Secomb Jordan was fifth in descent from him. He was son of Noah Jordan and was born at Cape Elizabeth in 1764. He married 15 July 1787, Sarah Robinson and died in Durham I Aug. 1825. His wife died I Oct. 1827. He settled in Durham, moved to Lisbon, thence to Brunswick and back to Durham. He was a farmer and also kept store in a shop near where Everett Macomber now lives. Dept. Sheriff, Selectman (1818-1820), Representative to General Court in 1812 and 1813, and delegate to form the Constitution of Maine in 1820. "Old Squire Jordan" is remembered as one of the leading men of Durham. A biog- rapher says he was "subject to occasional bursts of violent tem- per." This is the worst thing ever said of him. His family were as follows :
APOLLOS b. 24 Dec. 1788. See below.
RHODA m. 22 Mch. 1827 Henry Moore; d. 5 July 1834, aged 31 yrs. ELEANOR m. Samuel Skinner; d. 14 Feb. 1849, aged 60 yrs. 8 mos.
Apollos Jordan married, 29 Nov. 1810 Sarah, dau. of Joshua and Anne (Simonton) Miller. Lived on lot 88. Died 20 Nov. 1827. His widow m. 24 Nov. 1833 Jeremiah Dingley. She died in Auburn 14 Jan. 1885, aged 93 yrs. She is well remembered for her kindness, generosity and piety. The familiar name, "Aunt Sally," shows how the neighborhood regarded her. All will be glad to see her portrait.
RUFUS K. b. 31 Jan. 1812; m. 28 Dec. 1837 Aurelia Rowe; resided in Chicago. Children: Henrietta m. Mr. Wheeler of San Francisco; Helen. resides in Cal .; Josephine.
SECOMB b. 27 April 1814. See p. 208
ELIZABETH b. 19 Jan. 1817; d. 9 Aug. 1836.
ABIGAIL MILLER b. 16 Oct. 1819, m. 7 May 1840 Orin Dill of Lewiston. SARAH ANN b. 18 Nov. 1822; m. 20 Jan. 1846 Ambrose Quimby.
ALBION K. P. b. 20 May 1826; m. Anna Foss of Auburn.
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Secomb Jordan married (1) 31 Dec. 1840 Jane, dau. of John Hoyt of Durham, b. 5 Nov. 1819. She died 19 Mch. 1860. He married (2) 18 Oct. 1862 Mrs. Mary C. Hoyt, widow of John Hoyt of Yarmouth. She died 4 Jan. 1886. Mr. Jordan died 27 May 1889 in Malden, Mass. He lived in Durham till 1868. In his early life he was engaged especially in the manufacture of Sugar Boxes for export. He was a prominent member of the M. E. Church, and led the singing at the Union Church several years. His house was always open to pastor and people. The house in which he lived is now occupied by Ralph H. Hascall. He was a blameless Christian and a good citizen. Five ch.
ELIZABETH b. 13 Oct. 1841.
JOHN Q. b. 9 Oct. 1843. FERDINAND b. 24 Aug. 1845. LYMAN B. b. 16 June 1849.
ADA B. b. 10 June 1853.
JAMES JORDAN, son of Capt. Joshua, was born 20 Aug. 1780 at Cape Elizabeth and died 28 Jan. 1866. He married 26 Jan. 1805 Martha, dau. of John and Martha (Jordan) Robinson, and settled in Durham. Their children were:
ELEANOR b. 1806; m. 25 Dec. 1827 John Webster, who died in Webster about 1850.
MARTHA b. 1808; m. Rev. John Cobb.
RHODA E. b. 1810; m. 21 June 1835 Foxwell C. Marr of Wales; d. 1870.
HORATIO NELSON b. 12 April 1813; m. (1) 27 Nov. 1834 Elizabeth J. Wagg; (2) 16 Oct. 1859 Mary E. Miller. 9 children by Ist wife; 2 by 2d wife.
JAMES b. 1815; m. 19 Aug. 1838 Sarah Haskins.
LOUISE b. 1817; m. Saml. Whitney of Durham.
KNIGHT.
There were three distinct families of this name. Joseph Knight was living on lot 60 earlier than 1782. He married in Falmouth I April 1777, Laurana Getchell, who died 27 Mch. 1804. He married 22 Nov. 1804 Barsheba Mitchell. Besides five who died young the following children are recorded.
ENOCH b. 15 Sept. 1785; m. 1809 Martha Mitchell.
JOHN b. 12 Sept. 1787; m. 18 Oct. 1812 Hannah Beal. Their children were Mariam b. 30 Nov. 1813 m. Philip Douglas; Jonathan b. 21 Jan. 1815; m. Mary Taylor and had twins Edwin and Frederick, born 1845, and Charles; Belina b. 16 Dec. 1817; m. George Frye.
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SECOMB JORDAN.
CHARLES EMERY KNIGHT.
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CHRISTOPHER b. 3 July 1794.
STEPHEN b. 18 Feb. 1796. WILLIAM b. 20 Feb. 1800. SIMEON b. 28 Mch. 1802.
Mark Knight, born 8 Dec. 1756, lived near Woodford's Cor- ner in old Falmouth. He married 4 Dec. 1785 Mary Hunt, born in Nova Scotia 6 June 1758. He died 30 Jan. 1835. His wife died 3 June 1850.
FRANCIS b. 16 May 1784. See below.
PARKER b. 8 Dec. 1790; d. 29 Mch. 1826; m. 21 Nov. 1811 Mary Grant; three ch., Mark m. Augusta Newell; Charlotte m. Clement Jordan; and Julia. Unm.
SOPHIA B. b. 25 Jan. 1794; m. 21 Oct. 1821 Wm. Weeks; d. 20 June 1822.
JOANNA b. 2 Oct. 1800; m. 2 Dec. 1824 John B. Reed; d. 8 Dec. 1840. Their dau. Mary Elizabeth m. Nathaniel C. Lincoln.
Francis Knight married, 28 Nov. 1810, Betsey, dau. of Amos and Betsey (Titcomb) Knight, who was born 13 April 1786 and died 17 Nov. 1824. He lived in Durham and died 27 June 1862.
ADALINE H. b. 3 Feb. 1812; m. Alfred son of Barnard Nichols.
SUSAN C. b. 7 Aug. 1815; d. 2 June 1856. Unm.
MEHITABEL S. b. 21 July 1816; m. 30 Aug. 1840 Sharon Estes.
CHARLES H. b. 24 Aug. 1818; m. 10 Nov. 1842 Mary C. Parker. She was dau. of Peter Parker and was born in Durham 23 Mch. 1816 and died in Deering 21 Mch. 1897. He was a farmer on the County Road, a man of sterling character. Died 8 Nov. 1869. Their only child was Charles Emery Knight.
WILLIAM W. b. 17 Nov. 1821; m. Susan G. Newell; d. s. p. 6 April 1891. FRANCIS b. 17 Nov. 1824. Unm.
Charles Emery Knight, born in Durham, I Oct. 1845, was educated in the school at South West Bend and in a Business College. He has for more than a score of years been connected with the Patron's Cooperative Corporation, 209 Commercial St., Portland, Me., first as book-keeper and later as agent. He is fidelity and honesty personified. That statement will not be doubted by any one who knew him in his youth. His long employment in one firm bears evidence also to his business ability. The number of his friends is limited only by his acquain- tances. He married 24 Oct. 1872 Oriana Louise, dau. of James
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Strout, Jr. She died in Deering 30 Jan. 1879. They had two children ; Frank Herbert b. 30 July 1873, graduated at Bowdoin College in 1894 ; and Orie Louise b. 5 Jan. 1879.
The Knights of Durham, doubtless, descended from John of Newbury who came from Southampton, Eng., in 1635. He bad a son John, born 1622, who married in 1647 Bathshua Inger- soll. Their son, Richard, b. 26 July 1666, married Elizabeth Jaques and had a son Henry b. 6 July 1697. This Henry is thoughit to be the one who with his wife Priscilla came from Newbury and united with the First Parish Church of Old Fal- mouth in 1746. Their son, Samuel. married in 1750 Mary Knight, and these were the parents of the Amos Knight who set- tled in Durham.
Amos Knight was born in Falmouth 27 Sept. 1758. He married, 23 Jan. 1784 Betsey Knight (some say Betsey Titcomb) who was born 30 Dec. 1765. He was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1816 he bought of Israel Estes fifty acres of lot 29. He and his wife were buried on that farm.
BETSEY b. 13 April 1786; m. Francis Knight.
LEVI b. 3 Aug. 1787; d. 1865. Unm.
THEOPHILUS b. 13 Mch. 1790; d. 1861. Unm.
ROLAND b. 31 July 1792; m. 21 May 1818 Dorcas Blake. Ch. Addison, George, Alfred, John, Eunice, and Julia. All but George died young.
MARY b. 27 Dec. 1797; m. 24 April 1823 the Rev. Daniel Clarke, who was born in Lisbon (Webster) 15 Feb. 1801 and died in Richmond 22 May 1869. His wife died in Richmond 19 Feb. 1862. Eight children.
LOUIS b. 12 Aug. 1800; died young.
JAMES D. 25 Dec. 1802; in. Almira Sawyer, dau. of Nathan Sawyer of Westbrook.
EUNICE P. b. 5 June 1805: m. 31 Mch. 1825 Joseph G. Sawyer; d. 6 May 1866. Ch. Joshua Lewis, Amos, Ellen and Elmira.
LAMBERT.
Dea. Isaac Lambert, born in Abington, Mass. 9 March 1771 ; .d. in Auburn 28 Jan. 1861. His wife died 26 April 1862, aged 85 yrs. 9 mos. 10 days. He married Mary Strout of Durham 3 Sept. 1795. He had a brother Asa who lived in Freeport and a brother Thomas who m. 19 Nov. 1795 Abigail Strout and settled in the southern part of Durham. Isaac Lambert settled on the northern half of lot 90 in 1801, and had a farm of 463 acres. In
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1804 its estimated value was $88.35. He did not receive a deed of the place from Josiah Little till 18 Aug. 1813. The price then paid was $465.
ABIGAIL b. in Durham I March 1796; m. 10 Nov. 1814, Stephen Wes- ton; lived in Litchfield.
SOPHIA b. in Freeport I March 1798; d. 22 June 1802.
HANNAH b. in Freeport 31 March 1800; d. 24 June 1802.
BETSEY b. in Durham 22 June 1802; m. I Jan. 1824 Joshua Wormell; moved to Unity.
MARYAN b. 22 Dec. 1804; d. young.
JOSHUA b. 10 April 1808; m. 26 Nov. 1833, Susan Garcelon; see below. JANE b. 6 Aug. 1809; m. 21 Aug. 1831 Nelson Dingley; d. 2 Dec. 1871.
ISAAC JR. b. 4 March 1813; m. 21 Dec. 1837 Lucy Dingley who was born 18 Aug. 1819 and died 2 Feb. 1844. He m. (2) 31 May 1849 Apphia Whitney of Lisbon who died 2 June 1851, aged 23 yrs. 10 mos. He died 9 Oct. 1850, having lived on his father's farm. Ch. Frances J. b. 27 Sept. 1840; m. Sutton Stevens of Auburn; Wm. Henry b. 8 Aug. 1842, see Biog. Sketch; Edward E. b. I April 1850; lost at sea.
MARY m. 27 April 1826 Simeon Bailey of Durham.
HARRIET M. m. Harrison Otis; moved to Unity.
Joshua Lambert lived for a while at Methodist Corner, but after the death of his brother Isaac took the old homestead, lot 90, and lived and died there, Aug. 30, 1890. His wife was born Dec. 25, 1805 and died Feb. 22, 1890. Their children were.
ISAAC G. b. 10 Oct. 1835; d. 7 Oct. 1838.
ISAAC W. b. 27 Aug. 1839; m. Susan, dau. of Rev. L. P. Gurney and settled on a farm in Auburn.
JAMES G. b. 25 April 1841; lives in Idaho. Unm.
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