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ELIZABETH b. II Oct. 1843; m. John McBoyle of Ottawa, Ill.
MARY b. II Oct. 1843; m. John Hatch. Lives in Mass.
LORENZO S. b. 4 Feb. 1850. Graduated at Amherst College, 1872. One of the Selectmen of Durham. Married and went West.
LARRABEE.
This family is of Huguenot extraction. Stephen Larrabee came from Malden to North Yarmouth. His son Thomas, born 1660 lived at Portsmouth N. H. and Scarborough, Me., where he was killed, with his oldest son Anthony, by the Indians 19 April 1723. He was a man highly respected. His son Thomas 2d married in Portsmouth, N. H. 7 May 1715 Abigail Pitman. Their son Thomas 3d m. Mary Long. (Pub. at Falmouth 14 Feb. 1742.) They had a son Nathaniel, bap. at Scarborough
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22 April 1753, who m. II Nov. 1773 Sarah, dau. of Josiah and Rebecca (Brown) Hunnewell of Scarborough, who was bap. 17 Sept. 1752. Nathaniel and Sarah Larrabee had at least three daughters and two sons, Thomas H. and Josiah. The last two settled in Durham.
Thomas H. Larrabee came as early as 1797. He married i March 1798 Anna Parker of Gorham. He lived on lot 140 till 1813, when he bought lot 135. He is remembered as a man of piety. He died 10 May 1850, aged 77 yrs. I mo. His wife died 17 Feb. 1843, aged 64 yrs. Their children were
MARY m. Mark Nelson of Parsonsfield.
ELIZA d. 25 Oct. 1837, aged 17 yrs. 26 dys.
DORCAS b. 3 Feb. 1800; m. 27 April 1827 George Rice of Durham; d. 23 Aug. 1859.
NANCY ANN m. 4 Mch. 1838 James Fickett; d. 1I May 1894, aged 82 yrs. I mo. 18 dys.
THOMAS m. Margaret -. Unknown.
DEBORAH m. James Brackett of Saco.
ELIZA. Unm.
GARDNER G. b. 8 July 1809; m. 5 Oct. 1837 Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Robinson) Stackpole; d. 12 Oct. 1861. They had nine chil- dren, as follows:
SARAH JANE b. 2 Mch. 1839; m. 12 Jan. 1874, John H. Merrill of Durham.
HANNAH E. b. 19 May 1842; m. George Grover of New Gloucester. LUCINDA W. b. 6 April 1844.
ROYAL E. b. 26 Jan. 1846; m. 24 Dec. 1872 Emma S. Dunham. Lives at Lisbon Falls.
EMELINE S. b. I April 1848; m. 28 Nov. 1867 John Rice of Pownal. ELIZA E. b. 16 Dec. 1850; m. Rufus Waterhouse of Durham.
CLARA E. b. 13 Dec. 1855; m. 4 Dec. 1880, John F. Waterhouse of Durham.
ABBIE S. b. 9 Sept. 1858; m. Samuel Dyer of Durham.
GARDNER G. b. 27 Feb. 1860; m. 21 Dec. 1882 Henrietta Sawyer. Lives on the old homestead.
Josiah, brother of Thomas H. Larrabee, married (Int. Rec. 27 Dec. 1806) Eliza Libby of Scarboro' and settled in Durham. They had children, Dexter, Cyrus, Josiah, Patience, Irene, Beth- une, Louisa, and
Dexter Larrabee was born in Durham in a log-house in 1810 and is still living. He m. Nancy Hunnewell. They had three children, Augusta, m. Emerson Bowie and lives in Auburn ; Malinda m. James Jordan and lives in New Gloucester, and Amos D. m. Rosa Jordan and lives in Durham.
JONATHAN LIBBY.
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The Thomas Larrabee above mentioned as killed by Indians 19 April 1723 had a son John who m. 13 Jan. 1726 Mary Inger- soll of Kittery. Their son Jonathan settled in Durham. He was born in Scarborough 16 April 1748; m. 9 July 1771 Alice Davis ; d. in Durham 20 Oct. 1836. His wife died in 1818. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He lived opposite Wm. D. Roak's. He had ch. John, Ichabod, Emma, all bap. in Scarborough 27 Sept. 1781 ; also William, Jonathan, Caleb, and Joanna who m. John Roak.
William, son of Jonathan and Alice (Davis) Larrabee was born in 1775; m. 8 Nov. 1807 Elizabeth, sister of Nathaniel Parker ; d. 26 Mch. 1841. His wife died 29 June 1856, aged 70 yrs. Of their children Mary, Martha and Emeline d. young ; Jane m. Jacob Larrabee ; William A. m. Susan Sawyer ; John P. ; Hannah m. Zenas C. Arey ; Stillman m. Martha Roak; Mary E. m. Wm. H. Rice ; Martha m. George Barr.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Alice (Davis) Larrabee was born 21 April 1782 ; m. 28 Sept. 1809 his cousin Phebe Davis : d. in Hartford 12 Feb. 1853. 13 ch. A full genealogical record of this family may be seen in Ridlon's "Saco Valley Settlement," pp. 855-7.
LIBBY.
Jonathan Libby, Jr. was born in Gray 31 Jan. 1812. He was descended from John Libby, born in England in 1602, settled in Scarborough about 1635. Jonathan Libby married 27 Dec. 1838 Matilda S. Bacon and lived in N. Yarmouth before moving to Durham in 1847. He was a cooper and engaged in business with E. Dow. He was Representative to the Legislature in 1869. He was a man highly esteemed for honesty and integrity of char- acter. His affiliations were with the Universalist Church, but when that church had no service, he could always be seen on Sunday at the Union Church. He was a Republican, and that meant in his day a friend of temperance and freedom. His wife died 17 Dec. 1876. The children were all born in N. Yarmouthi.
ADELIA b. 6 Mch. 1839; m. 24 Nov. 1862 Nathaniel I. Jordan. Lives in Auburn.
GEORGE B. b. 8 Mch. 1841; m. 1868 Julia A. Dow of Buxton.
SAMUEL B. b. 29 Jan. 1843; m. 30 Nov. 1871 Cornelia W., dau. of Henry W. and Eliza A. (Eveleth) Paine of Durham. He was a soldier in the Rebellion. Has been selectman and Representative. Carries on the
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business of Cooperage at S. W. Bend. Children are Etta M. b. 22 Feb. 1874; Willard T. b. 4 April 1876, Bowdoin College, class of 1899; Gertrude E. b. 7 Aug. 1879.
FANNIE M. b. 7 April 1845; m. June 1867 Andrew G. Fitz.
LINCOLN.
The ancestor of the Lincoln family was Samuel Lincoln who came from Hingham, Eng. in 1637, and settled in Hingham, Mass. He was a mariner and weaver. He died in 1690, aged 71 years. His son Mordecai settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1700, built a spacious house and was proprietor of saw and grist mills and of iron works. His son Mordecai Jr. went to Penn. and from him was descended Pres. Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Isaac Lincoln of Brunswick was a descendant of Isaac, son of Mordecai, Senr. of Scituate. John, who settled in Durham was, doubtless, a descendant of this same Mordecai Lincoln.
JOHN LINCOLN was born in Scituate, Mass., 18 (or 29) of Dec. 1743. Was a soldier in the Revolution. Married 21 Nov. 1779 his cousin, Ruth Stetson who was born 7 April 1740. Moved to Durham about 1791, and settled on the County-road. They liad, besides Joshua who died in infancy, six children, all born in Scituate.
JOHN JR. b. 2 Jan. 1780; m. Martha Thompson of Topsham. Lived in Aroostook Co., Me. Died in Il1.
ELISHA STETSON b. 5 Dec. 1781; m. 17 Sept. 1820 Clarissa Stetson; d. 2 Nov. 1823 in Litchfield.
NATHANIEL STETSON b. 12 Oct. 1783; n1. 21 Jan. 1820 Mary Stetson; d. 21 Feb. 1845.
CHRISTOPHER b. 3 Jan. 1785; m. 1 Jan. 1815 Thirza Gerrish. Lived and died in Litchfield, Me .; d. 23 Sept. 1864.
EUNICE STETSON b. 25 Aug. 1788; in. 27 Oct. 1812 Isaac Storer Hooper; died May 1884.
DAVID STETSON b. 15 Jan. 1790; m. 30 May 1816 Mary Mitchell; m. (2) 30 March 1830 Susan Blackstone. Lived in Durham and Brunswick.
Nathaniel S. Lincoln, named above, lived in Durham oppo- site the old North Meeting House. He built the part now stand- ing. The front, which was the house of John Dean and of Wm. McGray, was taken down in 1854, carried to Brunswick and is still the framework of a house on Noble St.
MARY ANN b. 14 July 1821; m. 10 May 1840 Horace Wright; d. 17 Feb. 1891.
CHARLES b. 6 Nov. 1823; lost at sea Feb. 1851.
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NATHANIEL b. 3 Mch. 1826; m. 26 Sept. 1852 Mary E. Reed. Lost at sea Nov., 1881. His family live in Brunswick.
RUTH HELEN b. 13 Oct. 1828; d. 17 Nov. 1871.
JOHN b. 8 Nov. 1831; lost at sea 17 Nov. 1871.
OLIVE b. 22 Dec. 1833; d. 9 Feb. 1852.
REBECCA b. 20 Nov. 1835; m. 22 May 1856 Winthrop Farrin.
CLARA ABBIE b. 3 Feb. 1838; m. 23 Dec. 1864 Wm. Stevens.
GEORGE b. I July 1843; lives in Cal. Unm.
LITTLEFIELD.
Elijah Littlefield son of Elijah and Mary (Stevens) Littlefield, probably of Kennebunkport or Wells, was born about 1755. He was a soldier of the Revolution. He m. (1) 4 Nov. 1781 Mary Tukey of Portland, who died about 1806; (2) Hannah Cooper. He was a cordwainer and farmer. He bought a farm in the southern part of Durham 8 May 1798, selling out in Portland.
URIAH b. 7 Jan. 1796; m. Ruth Penley; d. 13 Aug. 1859.
MOSES b. 25 March 1794; in. 25 Dec. 1815 Esther Lufkin; d. at sea 1848. 10 ch.
GEORGE b. Oct. 1786; m. int. 18 July 1812 Hannah Doughty of Tops- ham; lived in Durham; d. 8 Nov. 1870.
MARY m. int. 13 Aug. 1808 Adam Morse of Brunswick; lived in Chesterville.
ABIGAIL m. int. 13 Aug. 1808 Samuel Mitchell.
NANCY PENNEY m. 21 July 1816 Aaron Bickford of Gardiner.
SALLY b. at Durham 9 March 1801.
MACOMBER.
This family is of Scotch origin. "William Maycumber, cooper," was of Duxbury in 1638. He was fined in 1644 "for speaking against the Indians." His descendant, Joseph Macom- ber of Middleborough, Mass., was born in 1732 and died Jan. 24, 1800. He married Betsey Kennedy, whose Scotch ancestors were among the first settlers of Plymouth. In the Revolution he was a Sergt. in Capt. Levi Rounsevel's Co., Col. D. Brewer's Regt. Enlisted May 5, 1775 ; time of service, three months, four days. He was afterward Lieut. and Capt. of Militia. Their children, all born at Middleborough, were,
Joseph b. 8 Sept. 1762: Thankful b. 21 Jan. 1764, d. 1854: Betsey b. 21 Mch 1765, d. 28 Aug. 1784: Nathan b. 2 Feb. 1767. d. 10 Aug. 1788: Frederick b. 19 Dec. 1768: ELIJAH b. 14 Oct. 1770: Judith b. 24 Aug. 1772: Olive b. 20 Mch. 1774: Lurana
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b. 19 Feb. 1778: Hannah b. 23 May 1780, d. unm. 28 Mch. 1827 : she was a preacher among the Friends.
Elijah Macomber came to Durham in 1801. He married at Windham, 6 June 1802, Eliza Swett, fourteenth and youngest child of Dr. Stephen and Saralı (Adams) Swett of Gorham. In the Revolution Swett was a Surgeon in Col. Edmund Phinney's 3Ist Regt. of Foot. He was descended from John Swett of New- bury, 1642, who came from Devonshire, Eng. Sarah Adams was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Adams of Durham, N. H. and sixth in descent from Governors Winthrop and Dudley of Mass.
Elijah Macomber bought, in 1808, lot 83 of John and Sarah Bagley, heirs of Col. Jonathan Bagley. It is quite certain that he had been living on this farm some time before the purchase. His house stood a little north of where George Miller now lives and was burned many years ago. Here he kept a store and carried on the farm. He was Lieut. in the Militia, constable, and five times Selectman. Died 26 Sept. 1849. His wife, born 28 Sept. 1783, died 26 April 1853. Their children were,
STEPHEN b. 26 May 1803; m. 9 Nov. 1826 Sarah B. Francis; d. 30 April 1877 at Parkman.
JULIA ANN b. 26 Feb. 1805; m. 30 May 1822 Joseph Curtis of Lisbon; d. 30 May 1882 in Bangor.
JOSEPH b. 6 Nov. 1806; m. 20 Oct. 1853 Mrs. Mary (Miller) McArthur; d. s. p. about 1890 in Abington, Mass.
ADAMS b. 26 July 1808; n1. 10 Dec. 1832 Betsey Briggs of Minot; d. 8 Nov. 1853 in New Paris, Ind.
ELIZA SWETT b. 9 April 1810; m. 8 Nov. 1838 Samuel Owen Stack- pole; d. 12 May 1888 in Brunswick.
WASHINGTON b. 10 Sept. 1812; m. 19 Sept. 1839 Abigail Davis; d. 12 Sept. 1874 in Lynn, Mass.
HORATIO M. b. 22 June 1814; n. (1) 28 July 1836 Mary Wingate; (2) Mrs. Phillips; d. about 1890 in Ind. See p. 71.
LEONARD b. 30 May 1816; see below.
JOHN b. 16 Mch. 1819; m. (1) 31 May 1846 Caroline Weston; (2) 22 Sept. 1875 Mrs. Mary F. Tufts; d. s. p. 26 Nov. 1883 in Lynn, Mass.
Leonard Macomber was the only one of this family who lived long in Durham. He settled on the old Stoddard farm, lot 85, in 1856. He married (1) 28 April 1842 Eliza Jane Swett, who was born in Turner 8 June 1819 and died in Durham 27 Sept. 1851 ; (2) I July 1852 Louisa A. Teague, b. in Turner 8 Aug. 1828 and d. 14 Sept. 1852: (3) I May 1853 Abigail Gerrish, who died
ELIZA (SWETT) MACOMBER.
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March 1868; (4) 7 April 1869 Sarah Alexander of Brunswick, born 15 Jan. 1824 and is still living.
Leonard Macomber was a prosperous farmer, a good citizen, and was honored by being elected Selectman and Representative to the Legislature. He died 13 June 1889. By his first marriage there were, besides an infant, two sons :- Joseph, b. at Turner 8 Jan. 1845, soldier in the Civil War and died at the rebel prison at Andersonville 29 (?) July, 1864 : and George L., born at Dur- ham 29 Nov. 1848. He also was a soldier in the Rebellion. Graduated at the State College at Orono and settled as a farmer and teacher at Windom, Minn.
The only child of Leonard and Abigail (Gerrish) Macomber was Everett Leroy, born 4 Sept. 1854. He lives on the home- stead.
MARSTON.
Joshua Marston married Rebecca Sawyer and settled in the western part of the town early in the century. He died 20 Jan. 1884, aged 85 yrs. 8 mos. and 8 days. His wife died 28 Oct. 1885, aged 89 yrs. 8 mos. and II days. Their children were William K., Marianı, Sarah and Edward.
William K. Marston died 22 Dec. 1883, aged 60 yrs. II mos. 24 days. His wife, Elizabeth died 26 June 1849, aged 26 yrs. 9 mos. 15 days. The details of the history and genealogy of this family could not be obtained after many inquiries.
McGRAY.
Capt. William McGray came to Harpswell probably from Scituate, Mass. ; thence to N. Yarmouth ; and to Durham about 1781. He m. (1) July 1764 Susannah Turner, born at Scituate 8 Jan. 1742 and died in Durham 5 Feb. 1801 ; m. (2) 6 Aug. 1801 Peace Turner. It is not known when he died. The family name has long been extinct in Durham. Several of his family moved to Lisbon.
LEMUEL b. in Harpswell 5 Oct. 1764; m. 1786 Sarah Strout. 2 ch. He died 4 Oct. 1788. Jeremiah b. 14 April 1787; Sarah b. 23 Jan. 1789. The widow of Lemuel McGray m. 1791, Nathaniel Gerrish.
MOLLY b. 2 Feb. 1767.
ELIZABETH b. 10 March 1769; m. 20 March 1788 James Wilson.
JOHN b. 10 Aug. 1771; m. 27 Oct. 1791 Rebecca Nichols.
SARAH b. 17 May 1774; d. 22 Dec. 1775.
WILLIAM b. 8 Oct. 1777; m. 25 Oct. 1798 Betty Mitchell.
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ASA b. 18 Sept. 1780; m. 29 March 1801, Susanna Stoddard. SALLY b. I Nov. 1783; d. 6 May 1784.
A Samuel McGray m. Betsey Nichols and settled in Lisbon, and kept the ferry at S. W. Bend. He died 19 Mch. 1872. His wife died 28 Mch. 1872.
McINTOSH.
Jolin McIntosh a Scotchman came from Harpswell soon after 1780. Was a Revolutionary soldier from Harpswell. The name of his first wife is unknown. He m. (2) 29 Nov. 1810 Sally Mitchell.
JANE b. 13 Dec. 1778.
PEGGY b. in Harpswell 31 Dec. 1780.
JOHN b. in Royalsborough 20 Aug. 1785; d. 17 Jan. 1787.
HANNAH b. 19 May 1787; m. 10 Mch. 1808 Richard Clough.
NANNY b. 2 May 1789.
SUSANNAII b. 4 April 1792; m. 1808, Eliphalet Welch of Brunswick. MERCY b. 16 May 1794; m. 26 Nov. 1812 Peter Parker.
EZEKIEL b. 15 May 1795; m. 29 May 1832 Miriam Estes.
WILLIAM b. 15 June 1796; m. 1821 Nancy Jennings of Farmington; m. (2) 18 Mch. 1837 Sophronia Jennings.
ALEXANDER b. 4 April 1798; m. 1 June 1826 Hannah Jordan. DOROTHY b. 26 Oct. 1801; m. Isaac Estes.
ASENATH b. 25 June 1803; m. Mitchell.
MERRILL.
Roger Merrill, a Rev. Soldier, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Sargent) Merrill of Nottingham, N. H. was born at Newbury, Mass. I Feb. 1761. His ancestors came from England in the ship "Hector," in 1633. He m. in New Gloucester 2 Feb. 1785 Doro- thy, dau. of Hon. John Cushing, then of Royalsborough, after- ward of Freeport. They lived in Durham till 1802, where their first eight children were born ; afterward in Portland and Litcli- field. He was a mason by trade. The last part of his life was spent in Durham where he died 15 June 1852, aged 91 years, 4 mos. 15 days. His wife died in Litchfield 28 Dec. 1863. Their children were.
ORLANDO b. 30 June 1786; m. Sarah Wagg of Lisbon.
DOLLY b. 30 Sept. 1788; m. 1806 Wm. Bartlett. JOHN b. II Dec. 1790; died at sea.
JONATHAN C. b. 20 Feb. 1793; see p. 219.
JONATHAN C. MERRILL.
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POLLY b. 5 May 1795; d. at age of 22 years.
BETSEY b. 8 Dec. 1797; in. Robinson.
EDWARD b. 24 July 1800; m. 15 Oct. 1827 Mary Converse. Lived in New Bedford, Mass. Died II Sept. 1884.
CALEB b. 24 June 1802; d. 14 Oct. 1805.
WILLIAM b. 20 Sept. 1804; d. 9 Oct. 1805.
JESSE b. 17 Dec. 1806; d. 10 July 1813.
MARY S. b. 20 Sept. 1809; m. Aaron True of Litchfield 27 Jan. 1830. She died 16 April 1875.
SARAH b. 26 Dec. 1812; d. 19 Aug. 1813 in Portland.
INFANT b. 22 Nov. 1817; d. soon after.
Jonathan C., son of Roger Merrill, born 20 Feb. 1793, mar- ried 12 April 1818 Sarah Joy of Portland. He worked at the trade of a cooper till about 1820, when he moved back from Port- land to Durham and opened a hotel and country store. He was in trade and lumber business the greater part of his life and was known as an active business man, identified with all the interests of the town. He twice represented the town in the State Legis- lature and was on the Board of County Commissioners. He died in Durham 5 May 1865.
SARAH E. b. 19 Nov. 1820; in. Dec. 1858 Nathaniel Dunning. He died 22 July 1880, aged 83 yrs.
APBIE H. b. 25 Aug. 1823; in. 3 Oct. 1842 William Merrill of Durham. MARY C. b. 24 May 1827; m. Wm. E. Morris.
JOIIN CUSHING b. 26 March 1830; m. 26 Jan. 1854 Marcia A. Cary. Their daughter Maria S. Merrill has long been a teacher of French in Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass. Another daughter, Sarah J., lives with her father in Portland.
John Merrill, of another family, married Lucy, dau. of Rob- ert Plummer (Int. Rec. 2 June 1810) and died 8 May 1818, aged 28 yrs. 4 mos. Their son John, born in Brunswick 13 Oct. 1814, was the only one of their children who has descendants. He married, 12 April 1840, Eunice S., dau. of Theophilus S. Thomas. He died 17 June 1864 in New Orleans, being then a soldier in the Union Arniy.
PAMELIA T. b. 27 Mch. 1841; m. 27 Nov. 1862 Joseph Dennison of Freeport, born 14 April 1837, a Union soldier. He died I April 1876. One son, John M. Dennison, was born 31 July 1865.
JOHN H. b. 10 Jan. 1843; m. 12 Jan. 1874 Sarah Jane, dau. of Gardner G. and Sarah (Stackpole) Larrabee. They have one child, Alzo Selden, born 20 Aug. 1875.
WILLIAM H. b. 10 Jan. 1843; m. 9 June 1872 Laura E., dau. of Joseph and Jane (Randall) Osgood. Their children are FRANCIS W. b. 29 May
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1873, d. 2 Aug. 1874; GEORGE E. b. 15 May 1875; HOWARD J. b. 25 Nov. 1877; SADIE E. b. 21 April 1880; PAMELIA J. b. 10 Oct. 1881; JOHN E. b. 28 April 1866; CHARLES b. 16 April 1888, d. 27 Oct. 1888; WILLIAM I. b. 26 Feb. 1893.
JOSEPH A. b. 14 Sept. 1845; m. 12 Jan. 1867 Elizabeth B. Pierce of Vassalborough. They have one son, Adelbert B., born in Topsham 24 Aug. 1869. Joseph A. Merrill now lives in Augusta, Me.
MILLER.
Joshua, David and James Miller, brothers, came from Cape Elizabeth in 1792. James bought lot 95 in 1796 and sold the westerly part of it in 1806 to his brother Joshua, who sold it in 1832 to Edmund Titcomb. James Miller moved to Gardiner and later to Ohio.
Joshua Miller was born in Cape Elizabeth 12 Oct. 1765. He married 16 Oct. 1787 Anne Wilson Simonton who was born 30 Nov. 1763. He has been described as "tall and lank" and his wife, "short and stout." He lived on lot 97. Here he died 22 Oct. 1852. His wife died 21 Jan. 1852.
JOSHUA JR. b. 9 Nov. 1788; m. Dorcas Wagg of Danville. For a long time they kept hotel at S. W. Bend, and were familiarly known as "Uncle Josh" and "Aunt Dorcas." Having no children they adopted and brought up several. They were highly esteemed. He died 6 Sept. 1862. His wife died 24 June 1869.
SARAH b. 22 Dec. 1791; m11. (1) 29 Nov. 1810 Apollos Jordan; m. (2) 24 Nov. 1833 Jeremiah Dingley Esq.
ABIGAIL b. 4 June 1794; 111. 12 Feb. 1815 James Strout of Durham; d. 3 Mch. 1819.
THEOPHILUS b. 21 May 1797; m. 1822 Anna Bridgham of Danville. He was killed 3 July 1830, at a muster in Brunswick, by a wad from a cannon discharged by William Card. He was drummer for a military company. His widow married Robert Bowie. A son Wm. B. Miller b. 8 April 1823; m. 2 Nov. 1845 Irene G. Tyler and d. 2 May 1858, leaving a daughter who is now Mrs. Sarah Morse of Auburn.
WILLIAM b. 4 April IS00; see below.
MARY b. 28 Aug. 1803; m. (1) 15 Sept. 1836, her cousin, Peter McArthur of Limington; (2) Joseph Macomber of Durham. She died in Durham 7 May 186S.
JOHN b. 13 May 1806; see p. 221.
William, son of Joshua and Anne (Simonton) Miller married 23 Feb. 1826 Betsey, dau. of William and Hannah (Stackpole)
WILLIAM MILLER.
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Webster. Farmer at "Methodist Corner." Died 26 Aug. 1856. See portrait.
SIMON b. 10 May 1828; m. 27 Feb. 1856 Josephine, dau. of William and Abbie P. (Wescott) Robinson; was for some time a trader in Durham. Died in Lewiston 3 Jan. 1883. They had two children, Gertrude W., who is a teacher in Lewiston. and William R., who is an architect in the same city.
WILLIAM S. b. 13 Dec. 1830; m. 18 Feb. 1863 Melissa J. dau. of Elisha and Mary (Tyler) Strout. He lives on the old homestead at "Methodist Corner." Has one son, Frederick Henry b. 14 Feb. 1865; m. 21 June 1893 Julia L. dau. of Andrew and Fanny (Libby) Fitz. This son is one of the Selectinen of Durham.
HANNAH E. b. 22 Feb. and d. 5 Mch. 1835.
JAMES HENRY b. 7 July 1839; m. Annie Johnson of Bridgton. He is remembered as a musician. Resides in Bowlder, Montana. Their only son, Frank C., was accidentally killed Nov. 1896, at Bowlder, aged 20 yrs.
John Miller (See Biog. Sketch) married 2 Dec. 1830, Hannah dau. of Samuel and Catherine (Clark) Robinson. Lived on the homestead. Died 5 Dec. 1869. Three children.
JOSEPH b. 5 Nov. 1832; m. 5 May 1858 Mary E. dau. of Benjamin Bur- gess. He was a farmer on the River Road, afterward a builder in Lew- iston and Cambridge, Mass., where he died 24 May 1896. He was my old Sunday School Teacher, and I revere his memory. I was present at his death and officiated at his burial in Lewiston. He left two children, Florence and Charles.
ANGELIA b. 26 July 1834; d. 28 Feb. 1888.
SAMUEL b. II Feb. 1837; m. 19 Nov. 1863 Elizabeth Hodgkins of Greene. He used to teach the Singing Schools, and was a man of piety and refined spirit. He died triumphantly 19 Nov. 1869 in Lewiston. Their children are Carrie, John W., Sarah R.
David Miller m. in Cape Elizabeth 18 Dec. 1786 his cousin Elizabeth Miller. He settled in Durham on lot 96.
MARY b. 1788; unm .; d. Jan. 1844.
ELIZABETH b. 10 Jan. 1792; m. Wm. Wagg; d. 24 Nov. 1870.
DAVID b. 1794; m. Apphia Miller; d. 3 March 1877. His wife d. 30 April 1871, aged 78 yrs. Their children were Sarah d. 16 April 1855, aged 29; David, d. 24 May 1856, aged 32; Edmund, James and Mary E.
HUGH b. 1796; m. 1825 Sally Jordan, who was born 22 Jan. 1797 and died 13 Dec. 1886. He died 9 Oct. 1884. Their children were James Jordan b. 20 May 1826; Elizabeth b. 5 Jan. 1830; George W. b. 27 Feb. 1832 and Harriet D. b. 7 Sept. 1834.
JOSHUA b. 1800. Unm .; d. Oct. 1887.
ANN b. 1806; m. 29 Jan. 1837, Abel C. McKenney; d. Jan. 1844.
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John Miller of Cape Elizabeth was born 4 Jan. 1745 and died 25 May 1820. He was probably son of John Miller who married Jane Craige in Falmouth (Int. Rec. 27 Aug. 1738). He was baptized at the First Parish Church in old Falmouth in 1752. He married, 15 April 1781, Mrs. Margaret (Johnson) McLellan of Gorham, widow of Alexander McLellan. She was born 22 June 1744 and died 20 Mch. 1820. They had, besides two children who died young, a son Samuel, born in Gorham IO May 1786. The first wife of Samuel was Jane Brackett Smith who died Jan. 1812, aged 28 yrs., leaving one dau., Jane B. Miller, b. 8 Jan. 1812, d. 22 Nov. 1888. He married (2) Nov. 1817, Mary, dau. of Randall and Miriam Johnson, born 18 Mch. 1794. She died 20 June 1885. He died in Durham 21 April 1861. Their children were Elizabeth M., who married Emery S. War- ren, and John, born in Gorham 22 May 1822.
John Miller, in 1843, moved to Durham with his father, who with William Miller had bought of Joshua Miller the hotel at South West Bend. Thus it was known for many years as "Miller's Tavern." Willian Miller was in partnership but one year. John Miller sold, in 1871, to the present occupant, Abner Merrill. He afterward served as clerk in various hotels, includ- ing the Poland Spring House, the Elm House at Auburn and the Brighton House, at Brighton, Mass. He retired from business in 1877, lived at Durham till 1879, and then moved to Lewiston, where he died HI Oct. 1881. He married, 28 June 1858, Kate White Miller, who was born in Cabron, Lincolnshire, Eng., 7 Dec. 1823. They had one daughter, Belle, born in Caistor, Eng., 23 Sept. 1873.
Mr. Miller had a genial spirit and a kind word for all. Thus he secured many friends. He cultivated the habit of thinking charitably and speaking well of everybody mentioned. He was earnestly devoted to his business and accumulated thereby a property sufficient to enable him to spend his last years with his family in comfortable rest.
MITCHELL.
William Mitchell is mentioned in Bagley's Account Book in 1772. His intentions of marriage with Elizabeth Clark were recorded in old Falmouth 21 April 1759. She was a sister to the Rev. Ephraim Clark, long pastor of the church at Cape Elizabeth. She probably came from Cape Ann, Mass. William Mitchell's
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sons in Durham were Peter, Thomas, William, Jr., Samuel, Richard and Robert. Peter married, 29 Nov. 1802, Kezia Ring and moved to Avon. She was accidentally burned to death in her old age. A son James lived in Letter E. Another son, Robert, lived in Gardiner. Peter Mitchell lived in Durham on the "Hal- lowell Road," south of the Gully, where Mr. Miller now lives. It was probably his father's house that stood back in the pasture, some little distance from the road.
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