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RUFUS b. 27 Feb. 1824; m. 23 March 1851 Lucy Stetson. Lives in Durham.
EDWARD b. 3 June 1825; d. 12 Sept. 1826.
WASHINGTON PARKER.
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RUTH b. 31 March 1829; m. Jacob, son of Peter Parker.
ROUINA CAROLINE b. 23 March 1831; m. 15 May 1850 Joshua Robin- son Jr. Lives on Orr's Island.
JOHN b. 3 March 1833; ni. 28 Feb. 1856 Emeline Roak, dau. of John Roak. Lived in Durham.
Washington, son of Nathaniel Parker, born 28 April 1812, married, 22 Oct. 1836, Elizabeth Haskins, who was born in Cape Elizabeth 25 July 1819. He lived in Durham till old age. Now resides in Auburn. He served two years as Selectman and was Captain in the militia. He was a successful farmer and a good citizen, and still affectionately remembers his native town.
RUTHI ELLEN b. 16 March 1838; m. I Jan. 1859 Azariah Libby of So. Auburn.
CORDELIA FRANCES b. 12 March 1840; m. Ivory Bowie. Lives in Auburn.
SARAH ELIZABETH b. 23 Oct. 1831; m. Sumner Merrill of Durham.
LENDALL C. b. 14 May 1844; m. 21 Nov. 1869 Hattie W. Merrill. See below.
SETH AUGUSTUS b. 25 April 1846; m. Abbie, dau. of Wm. Proctor of So. Auburn.
WILLIAM H. b. 16 May 1848; m. Abbie North of Auburn; d. 17 May 1887.
ALMIRA S. b. 17 May 1850; m. Wm. G. Bessie.
EBEN H. b. 19 May 1852; m. Sarah Wagg.
ROSE EMMA b. 26 - 1854; m. Lewis W. Haskell of Auburn.
CLARENCE M. b. 7 July 1856; m. Jennie Damon.
FLORA M. b. I Aug. 1858; m. Dr. Emery Bailey of Auburn.
W. IRVING b. 17 Aug. 1860. Unm. Lives in Auburn.
Children of Lendall C. and Hattie W. (Merrill) Parker.
DELIA M. b. 22 April 1871; ANNIE B. b. 12 Sept. 1877.
LIZZIE S. b. 13 Sept. 1879; FLORA B. b. 4 Aug. 1883.
ALICE M. b. 4 Mch. 1885; GROVER L. b. 6 July 1888.
CLARA E. b. 6 April 1891.
PEARSON.
Thomas Pearson of Amesbury was settled on the County Road when it was built in 1770. On Noyes's Plan ninety-five acres are doubtfully assigned to "Fenner." It is quite certain that this is a mistake of some early copyist, and that Thomas Pearson owned that lot and sold it about 1795 to Nathaniel Ger- rish and Enoch Bagley. He was not taxed after that date. He was supported, in old age, by the town, and was living in 1825.
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Samuel Webb married, 23 March 1786, Louisa Pearson. Daniel, Green married, II May 1786, Martha Pearson. Samuel Harris married, 30 Oct. 1796, Rachel "Parson." These are thought to have been of the family of Thomas Pearson.
PIERCE.
Thomas Pierce, Esq. was descended from Capt. Michael Pierce who came from England to America in 1645. He settled in Scituate, Mass., and was killed by Indians 26 March 1676. Thomas was son of Seth B. and Jemima (Turner) Pierce of Scituate. He was born 26 Aug. 1767 ; m. (1) 2 June 1793, Anna Beal, b. 4 Oct. 1771, d. 28 Feb. 1827; m. (2) 23 Jan. 1833 the widow of his brother John Pierce, nee Mercy Merritt of Scituate, b. 24 Jan. 1784, d. 4 April 1838. In his early years he was a sea-going man and made voyages to the West Indies as master mariner. He moved to Durham in 1800 and settied on lot 35, bought of Ezekiel Jones, the farm now owned by David Crockett. He was a surveyor and ran out many a line in Durham, Free- port, and Lisbon. Tradition says that he was sometimes shot at with salt and peas by discontented parties, while he was sur- veying. He was one of the Selectmen of Durham and for many years Justice of Peace. Twenty-seven marriages were per- formed by him in Durham between 1818 and 1831. After the latter date he moved to Lisbon and died there 21 June 1850.
SETH b. 3 June 1796; practiced medicine at Webster Corner. Justice of Peace; d. in Durham 5 May 1826.
LUCY B. b. 30 June 1798; m. 5 Nov. 1820 Solomon Crossman; d. 12 April 1868.
EMILY b. 30 Dec. 1804; m. 28 Nov. 1824 James Booker; d. 21 Aug. 1897.
ANNA B. b. 5 April 1807; m. 20 Dec. 1829 Joseph Moore, who was born in Newfield 3 Dec. 1803, and died in Lisbon 9 Sept. 1855. She d. 25 April 1880. They had ch. ELVIRA, mn. Julius M. Corbett of Lisbon, ELIZA, ALONZO, GEORGE, JOSEPH E., AUGUSTUS, and THOMAS A. The Hon. Joseph E. Moore of Thomaston graduated at Bowdoin College in 1865, has been member of the House, is an Overseer of Bowdoin College " and prominent as a lawyer and leader in the Democratic party.
IRA b. 14 Aug. 1810; m. (1) Phebe Stevens; (2) Julia B. Townsend; d. at Kenosha, Wis., 8 Jan. 1869.
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PINKHAM.
Richard Pinkham was living on Dover Neck, N. H., before 1642. His son John married Rose Otis. Their son, Ebenezer, married 27 Nov. 1736 Sarah Austin. A son of Ebenezer was Andrew Pinkham of Harpswell, born in Dover, N. H., 18 Aug. 1746, m. 26 Sept. 1773 Rachel, dau. of Lemuel and Waite (Estes) Jones. She was born 2 Feb. 1754. May 5, 1777 he bought lots 7 and 8 of Joseph Woodworth of Harpswell, who had purchased them of Isaac Royall. As after the confiscation of Royall's prop- erty there might arise a question about the title, he took a deed from Daniel Humphrey, attorney for heirs of Royall, June 28, 1796. He died 13 Dec. 1805. His wife died 13 May 1840. They had, besides one who died in infancy, nine children.
MERCY b. 29 Nov. 1774. Unm. Blind many years.
PHEBE b. 21 Sept. 1776; m. Samuel Beal of Durham.
SARAH b. 24 Sept. 1778; d. 24 July 1797.
NICHOLAS b. 18 Feb. 1781; m. Alice Parker. Settled in Litchfield; d. 8 June 1847.
MARY b. 24 April 1783; d. 9 June 1827.
ESTHER b. II March 1785; m. 22 Feb. 1809 Adam Wing. Moved to Sidney, Mc .; d. 16 July 1846.
JOHN b. 15 Mch. 1787; m. Hannali Will; blind, wandered into tlie woods and died 10 May 1865.
ANDREW b. 20 Jan. 1790; d. 29 Mch. 1821.
LEMUEL b. 7 June 1795; m. (1) Thankful Bailey of Harpswell. They had four children, Andrew, Rachel, Alonzo and Marcial, all of whom died unm. He m. (2) Eunice Libby of Pownal and had one daughter Narcissa who is still living in Durham. He died 10 July 1865.
PLUMMER.
Francis Plummer, linen weaver, came from Woolwich, Eng .. or from Wales, about 1633. He was in Newbury, Mass., in 1635. His wife Ruth died 18 Aug. 1647, leaving two sons Samuel and Joseph. It is thought that the Plummers of Durham are descended from Samuel .* Five descendants of Francis Plum- mer, bearing his name, have been members of Congress. Gov. William Plunimer of New Hampshire was one of them.
There is some confusion in tracing the lineage of Robert Plummer since another person of the same name, son of Daniel
*The Rev. George M. Bodge of Leominster, Mass., is preparing a Genealogy of the descendants of Francis Plummer, and will be pleased to receive communications relating thereto.
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and Joanna Plummer, is recorded as born at Cape Elizabeth 3 June 1762. He married, 26 Nov. 1788, Ruth Hatch and seems to have lived in Windham or Gorhanı.
Samuel Plummer was taxed in Durham, 1798-1805, and a little later Joseph and Arthur Plummer. Luther and Daniel Plummer were taxed about 1810. Luther went West in 1817.
Robert Plummer was born at Cape Elizabeth I Mch. 1761. He married 29 Aug. 1786 Zilpah Farr, who was born in Easton, Mass., 3 Nov. 1768. They settled in Royalsborough soon after marriage, not far from the Stone Mill.
WILLIAM b. 26 May 1787. Settled in Dover, Me. Had sons Loren and Horace.
LUCY b. 17 Sept. 1789; m. John Merrill. Lived in Durham.
JOHN b. 25 June 1791; d. II Nov. 1802.
ABIGAIL b. 16 Feb. 1792; m. Wm. Blake and went to Ohio.
ZILPAH b. 21 Jan. 1794; m. John Robinson; moved to Guilford.
HENRY b. 18 Dec. 1796. See below.
MOSES b. 21 April 1798; d. 17 Dec. 1821.
JAMES b. 17 July 1801; mn. Esther Paul of Hallowell; d. in Richmond. Sons, John R. and William.
JOHN b. 9 Oct. 1807: m. 30 May 1833 Caroline Day; d. 21 Oct. 1887. Farmer in So. Durham. Ch. James m. Phoebe E. Richardson of Fair- field and resides in Augusta; Maria m. Edmund H. Soper of Auburn; and John H .. who lives in Chicago.
DOROTHY In. Nathaniel Parker.
Henry Plummer, born 18 Dec. 1796, was one of the most respected citizens of Durham. He bought the old Gerrish's mill about 1835 and operated the same as a saw and grist mil! for many years. He was a licensed preacher of the Free Baptist Church, and was the prime mover in the building of the brick church near his residence, paying more than half the cost of the same. He was characterized by gentleness and justice, generos- ity and piety.
He married (1) 18 Feb. 1819 Wealthy, dau. of Silas and Mary (Sargent) Estes b. 22 May 1800, d. 15 Jan. 1830; (2) Martha Lancaster of Richmond, who died 19 Nov. 1894, aged 91 yrs. II mos. He died 18 Feb. 1876, aged 79 yrs. See portrait.
SILAS b. 6 Oct. 1821; m. 23 June 1850 Emily, dau. of Thomas Estes; d. 12 Mch. 1882. Ch. Alice and William E.
MARY E. b. 24 Sept. 1823; d. 19 Oct. 1849.
GEORGE b. 7 April 1826. See Biog. Sketch. CHARLOTTE b. 2 Jan. 1828; m. Henry Hackett.
EDWARD b. 4 Jan. 1830; see Biog. Sketch.
HENRY PLUMMER.
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Children by second marriage were.
WEALTHY b. 4 April 1832; m. her cousin, John R. Plummer; d. 16 Jan. 1886.
JOHN W. b. 19 June 1833; m. Harriet C. Wheeler of Bath; d. 12 Dec. 1880.
JOSEPH b. 7 Sept. 1834. See Biog. Sketch.
CHARLES B. b. 3 Feb. 1836; m. Abbie Taylor.
SUSAN b. 9 Sept. 1838; m. Webster Nevens.
MARGARET b. 10 Sept. 1839; in. Alexander Taylor of Falmouth.
POLLISTER.
William Pollister, an Englishman, married 15 April 1802 Sally Brown in Scarborough, and settled in Durham near Rice's School House. He died 18 Sept. 1854, aged 79 yrs. 9 mos. II days. His wife died 18 Oct. 1861, aged 78 yrs. 8 mos. 5 days. Their children were Sarah m. Benjamin Lemont of Danville, William, George, Joseph, John, Ann, Hannah, Sewall and Still- man.
William Pollister Jr. m. 1830, Phebe Kilby of Freeport ; d. 9 Dec. 1896, aged 91 yrs. I mo. His wife died 20 Aug. 1882, aged 70 yrs. 7 mos.
PROCTOR.
In 1635 Jolin Proctor and wife Martha came from London, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., in the ship "Susan and Ellen," and a few years later settled in Salem, Mass. Their son John, born in Eng., married (2) Elizabeth Bassett, and both were condemned for witchcraft in the famous craze of 1692. He was executed 19 Aug. 1692. She was released a little later. Samuel, their son, born in Danvers in 1680, came to Falmouth, Me., 1717-19, and married Sarah Brackett. He died 16 March 1765. His son Samuel 2d was born in Falmouth (Portland) 24 Nov. 1719 and married Eliza Johnson in 1745. Their son Samuel 3d was bap- tized in 1749 and married, 6 May 1784, Joanna Berry. He is mentioned in John Cushing's Diary as killed by the falling of a tree 29 Nov. 1795. The accident occurred in Lewiston on the site of the Continental Mill, and he was buried near by. He was a Revolutionary soldier. His widow married William Thomp- son, another Revolutionary soldier from Falmouth, and was liv- ing in Wayne in 1833.
Thomas Proctor, brother of Samuel 3d, was born in Falmouth 21 June 1766 and was baptized at the First Parish Church 14
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Sept. of the same year. He married (Portland Records say 13 Nov. 1792) Deborah Jordan, who was born 13 Sept. 1761. They settled on the River Road in So. Auburn on the farm now owned by Augustus Parker. The following children are recorded in Durham :
ELIJAH b. 6 Sept. 1793; TABITHA b. 24 Aug. 1795; ABIGAIL b. 13 June 1797; WILLIAM b. I Jan. 1799; m. I Jan. 1844 Abigail Fickett of Durham; their only child, Abbie, m. Augustus Parker; JOSEPH b. 30 Sept. 1801; THOMAS JR. b. I July 1804.
George Proctor, said to have been a brother to Samuel 3d and Thomas, Senior, was born in 1778. He married, 27 Nov. 1806, in Westbrook, Dorcas Sawyer of New Gloucester and died in Lisbon 8 Dec. 1868. His wife died 26 Sept. 1849, aged 59 yrs. 6 mos. They had ten children, of whom Henry lived on the homestead in Lisbon and was well known in Durham. George Proctor is found among the soldiers accredited to Durham in 1814.
RANDALL.
Stephen Randall and wife Mary were members of First Parish Church in old Falmouth in 1727. Stephen Randall Jr. married, in Cape Elizabeth, 20 Oct. 1774, Lydia Roberts. He settled the same year, on lot 126, in Royalsborough. The Randalls were once numerous in Durham. Many went West in 1815-17. Some descendants still live in Pownal. Stephen's family were recorded as follows :
JOSEPH b. 9 Mch. 1775; DEBORAH b. 12 Feb. 1777; STEPHEN b. 7 June 1779; NATHANIEL b. 12 May 1781; CHINICUM b. 12 Oct. 1784; HAN- NAH b. 22 Dec. 1789.
John Randall, brother of Stephen Jr. was born at Cape Eliz- abeth 16 July 1747, married, 22 Nov. 1769, Anna Roberts, who was born 9 Mch. 1749. He was one of the first settlers in Roy- alsborough, on lot 126. His house stood near where James Hascall now lives, and he and his wife were buried on that farm. Here he kept a store. The road from South West Bend came over the hill near his house. Near by was the School House and Church. This was the original "Methodist Corner," which was shifted eastward by a change in the road. John Randall's family were thus registered :
JACOB b. 24 Oct. 1770, settled in Pownal; ANNA b. 19 Dec. 1772, m. Simeon Sanborn; MOLLY b. 18 April 1775.
SARAH b. 6 Jan. 1777, married Richard Doane; BENJAMIN b. 12 April 1781.
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MARGARET b. I Mch. 1783; JOHN JR. b. 13 Mch. 1785.
ISAAC b. 18 April 1787; m. (Int. Rec. 20 Feb. 1809) Mary Haskell of Poland.
HANNAH b. 9 Mch. 1789, d. 24 June 1790; EBENEZER b. 27 Nov. 1791. SAMUEL b. 5 Jan. 1794, moved to N. Y. State.
RICE.
Lemuel Rice and Anna Stone were married in Scarborough 3 April 1777. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
George and Lemuel Rice, brothers, their sons, settled about 1800 in the Northwestern part of the town. George was born 21 Sept. 1780; m. (1) Hannah Hanscom, who died 20 Oct. 1826, aged 38 yrs. : (2) 27 April 1827 Dorcas, dau. of Thomas Larra- bee. He died 6 Sept. 1859. By first marriage the children were John, who became a minister of the M. E. Church, Mary, and Hannah, who married 30 April 1840 Joseph Tompson. By sec- ond marriage there were Phebe Ann, who married 10 Feb. 1857 Benjamin Lemont, and Matilda, who married Sawyer.
Lemuel Rice died 18 Mch. 1870, aged 80. He m. (1) Cath- erine, dau. of John and Dorcas Noyes, who d. 12 March 1836, aged 38 yrs. 8 mos. ; (2) Mary J. --- , who died I Mch. 1883. aged 72 yrs. 2 mos.
RICHARDS.
Humphrey Richards came from London and settled in Bos- ton in 1693. Humphrey Richards 3d married Sarah Delano, set- . tled in Cape Elizabeth, and had five children, of whom John, the youngest, born 14 Aug. 1767, married 7 Nov. 1790 Abigail Dyer and moved to Pejepscot (Danville), thence to Durham in 1795, where he lived to be over one hundred years old. He died in 1868. His wife died 22 Feb. 1836.
BARZILLAI b. 9 Aug. 1794; m. 24 Aug. 1817 Sarah Osgood. Ch. Mary, David O., Sarah A., who married John D. Osgood, and George H.
JOHN b. 23 May 1796; m. April 1821 Mary Thomas; (2) her sister, the widow of Joel Jones. Lived in Phillips.
HANNAH m. 3 Mch. 1822 O. Israel Dyer.
SALLY.
MARY. Unm. Died in Old Ladies' Home of Portland.
NATHANIEL.
MOSES. Twice married. Died in Pownal.
IRA B. b. 6 April 1808; m. Sally Gerrish; d. 10 Dec. 1893. Wife died 7 June 1888, aged 75 yrs. 5 mos. 13 days,
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RING.
Batchelder Ring was living on lot I in 1771, just over the Brunswick line. He was last taxed in 1807. The following children are recorded :
DAVID b. 10 April 1773; m. 20 Sept. 1801 Mary Pierce, who was born in N. Yarmouth 5 Nov. 1777.
SUSANNAH b. 3 Mch. 1775; SARAH b. 19 Sept. 1777.
THOMAS b. 18 June 1780; NATHANIEL b. 28 Sept. 1782.
KEZIA b. 9 Feb. 1786; m. 29 Nov. 1802 Peter Mitchell.
COMFORT b. 20 Aug. 1789; m. 13 Mch. 1808 O. Israel B. Fifield.
ROURK OR ROAK.
Martin Rourk was born in Ireland in 1760. He came to America about 1773 and spent two years in his uncle's store in St. Johns. In 1775 he came to Boston. His vessel sailed away in the night and left him on shore. He served as a Clerk in the Revolutionary Army, in a company commanded by Capt. Law- rence of North Yarmouth. He married the Captain's sister Mrs. Elizabeth (Lawrence) Fogg, widow of Daniel Fogg whom she married in 1779. He came to Durham about 1784 and bought, 1796, of Thomas Mitchell, twenty acres of lot 70. His house stood near where the road from the North Meeting House joins the "Hallowell Road." He served as town clerk 1790-1807. The Town Records show bills of $5 for such annual services. His handwriting is remarkably clear and distinct. The ink made by himself is scarcely faded. He was for years the foremost school-teacher of Durham. He died, I June 1807, leaving his family in poor circumstances. His wife, born 26 Sept. 1758, lived till 27 Nov. 1852.
JANE b. 26 Oct. 1785; m. 11 June 1807 Richard Wiswell of Portland.
JOHN b. 5 Sept. 1788; m. 22 Nov. 1821 Joanna Larrabee of Durham.
HANNAH b. 25 Feb. 1791; 111. 26 April 1812 John Fifield; moved to Greenwood.
WILLIAM b. 23 May 1793; m. 15 Aug. 1819 Mercy Davis of Durham. DAVID b. 20 Sept. 1795; farmer in Durham. Unm. d. 22 Oct. 1861. SAMUEL b. II Feb. 1798; died at Exeter, Me., Oct. 1841.
SILENCE b. 22 Sept. 1800; died 10 April 1816.
CYRUS b. 23 March 1803; lost at sea 1823.
JACOB H. b. 22 March 1806. See Biog. Sketch.
The spelling of the surname was changed to Roak by act of Mass. Legislature before 1820. John Roak married Joanna Lar- rabee who was born 3 Nov. 1798. He lived on a farm nearly
ALGERNON M. ROAK.
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opposite where Wm. D. Roak now lives, about lot 120. His family were.
CYRUS S. b. 25 Nov. 1822; d. May 1844.
ALICE S. b. 3 June 1824; d. May 1844.
MARY E. b. 13 Jan. 1826; m. 26 Nov. 1862 James H. Eveleth.
MARTHA A. b. 2 Nov. 1827; m. 9 Mch. 1852 Stillman Larrabee.
EMELINE L. b. 25 Jan. 1831; m. 28 Feb. 1856 John S. Parker.
HANNAH F. b. 5 April 1832; d. 13 Nov. 1863.
ANGELIA M. b. 24 Jan. 1839; m. 30 Aug. 1862 Elisha S. Newell.
Wm. Roak, who married Mercy Davis, died 23 July 1876. He lived on the farm now occupied by his son, William D. Roak. His family were as follows:
WILLIAM D. b. 4 Dec. 1820. See Biog. Sketch.
ELIZA A. b. 29 Oct. 1823; d. 26 March 185I.
HARRIET E. b. 9 June 1826; m. 9 Dec. 1857 Geo. Washington Strout of Durham.
EMILY J. b. 15 Nov. 1833; d. 8 Jan. 1853.
LUCRETIA M. b. 31 March 1836; m. (1) Wm. Robinson, (2) W. Davis. Lives in Portland.
EMILUS W. b. 4 Sept. 1829; d. s. p. 28 Apr. 1860; m. Isabel Gilpatrick. She d. 17 Aug. 1865.
ISAAC M. b. 15 Jan. 1838; d. 26 Feb. 1838.
William D. Roak married, 4 June 1843 Ann S. Wagg, daugh- ter of William and Elizabeth (Miller) Wagg, who was born 28 Aug. 1820. Five children.
CYRUS A. b. 16 June 1844; m. Sarah Ealley of Epping, N. H. Resides in Cochituate, Mass.
ALGERNON M. b. 26 Dec. 1846; m. Jennie S. Hutchings of Winthrop, Me. He is a well known undertaker in Auburn.
MILLBURY F. b. 26 May 1849; m. Julia Sanders of Ossipee, N. H. He is a provision merchant in Boston of the firm of Tucker and Roak.
EMILY E. b. II June 1854.
ROSA BELL b. 13 Oct. 1861. Teacher in Durham.
ROBERTS.
John Roberts of Gloucester, Mass., may have been son of Robert Roberts of Ipswich, who had a son John born 1646. John of Gloucester married, 4 Feb. 1677, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Bray, and died 10 Jan. 1714. Of their seven children Ebenezer was born in 1690. His wife's name was Sarah. They had three children born before 1721. They moved to Falmouth, Me., before 1727. They had sons Ebenezer Jr., William, born 18 Mch. 1725 and Vinson, born 8 June 1727. Of these Eben-
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ezer Jr. married, in 1737, Mary Kinnicum of Gloucester, Mass., and was one of the first settlers in Royalsborough, on lot 30, where he died in 1805. The birth of his son William is recorded in Cape Elizabeth, 15 Mch. 1739. It is probable that Ebenezer's daughters, Anna and Lydia, married John and Stephen Randall. The following marriages we are unable to classify. Some of them were probably of this family.
HANNAH m. 26 Oct. 1789 Joseph Paul.
MOSES m. 18 Jan. 1798 Susannah Harmon. EBENEZER JR. m. 1801 Lydia Merrill of Lewiston. SUSANNAH m. 14 Nov. 1807 Joseph B. Allen.
William Roberts, son of Ebenezer, married, 16 Oct. 1777, Susannah Randall and bought lot 147 of Isaac Randall, 6 Feb. 1787. Isaac Randall received this in the will of Col. Jonathan Bagley. It is probable that William Roberts had lived there some years before taking the deed. He died in 1804 and his widow and children moved to Genesee Co., N. Y., before 1815. The children were.
CATHERINE b. 10 Nov. 1778; m. 10 Oct. 1797 Thomas Wharff. MERCY b. 7 Aug. 1780; d. young. SUSANNA b. 15 Jan. 1782; m. 26 Nov. 1801 James Gerrish. SALLY b. 31 Mch. 1784: m. June 20 1806 Kinnecum Roberts of Dur .. han.
WILLIAM b. 29 Dec. 1787.
MARY b. 20 Feb. 1791; m. Robert Jones. HANNAH CHAPMAN b. 20 May 1793; m. Eldrick Smith. BENJAMIN b. 21 Feb. 1795. MICHAEL b. 24 June 1797.
CATHERINE b. 12 Dec. 1799.
Benjamin Roberts came from Cape Elizabeth and settled near the house where David Crockett Jr. now lives, on lot 32. He was burned with his house in 1805. His son, Benjamin Jr., was born at Cape Elizabeth 24 Oct. 1769 ; m. HI Aug. 1791 Sarah Paul, who was born in Berwick 28 June 1769. He died in Dur- ham 18 Sept. 1849.
ELIZABETH b. 26 April 1793. SARAH b. 9 Mch. 1795. Unm. ABIGAIL b. 14 July 1797. BENJAMIN b. 14 July 1799; d. 29 April 1805. HIRAM b. 16 Mch. 1804. Unm. PATIENCE b. 4 May 1805. NAHUM d. young.
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BENJAMIN P. b. I June 1807; m. 1831 Lucy Tyler of Pownal; d. II June 1888. Wife died 4 May 1896, aged 84 yrs. 9 mos. Ch. Nahum, John T., Harriet, Sarah, Wm. Henry, Lucy E., Frank, Mary. and Benjamin F. The last d. in a Hospital in Virginia 9 July 1865, aged 18 yrs. 8 mos. 17 days. He was a member of Co. C 32d Me. Regt.
Vincent (or Vinson) Roberts of Cape Elizabeth married Susanna York in 1772. She was sister to Samuel and Josepli York. He was one of the earliest settlers of Durham on lot 32. He afterward moved to near Chandler's mill. No record of his birth or death has been found.
JOANNA b. I Oct. 1773; m. (1) 12 Jan. 1792 Ezekiel Turner; (2) Samuel Sawyer; d. 27 Mch. 1858. See portrait.
SAMUEL YORK b. 3 May 1776; m. 1799 Betsey Plummer.
JAMES b. 10 Dec. 1779; m. 1802 Sally Turner of Freeport.
THOMAS m. 4 Dec. 1806 Submit York. Their children were Samuel b. 13 Feb. 1810; Rebecca b. 11 May 1816; True Glidden b. 2 Feb. 1819; Susannah b. 18 May 1822. He married (2) 4 Dec. 1828 Rebecca Skilling of Cape Elizabeth.
EBENEZER m. 1809 Sally Plummer.
SUSANNAH m. 16 Oct. 1811 Robert Hunnewell.
DANIEL b. 16 July 1790. See p. 66. REUBEN m. 1817 Sally Goodwin.
HANNAH (?) m. 12 Mch. 1798 Jacob Sawyer.
SALLY.
LEMUEL.
ROBINSON.
The emigrant ancestor of the Robinsons of Durham was John, 1640, who was killed by the Indians at Exeter, N. H., 21 Oct. 1675. The descent from him is through Stephen, John and John Jr. The latter married at Kittery, 10 Dec. 1722 Sarah Jordan, granddaughter of Rev. Robert Jordan. They settled at Pond Cove, Cape Elizabeth. Their son Joshua married 16 Nov. 1764, Sarah Miller. Samuel was the oldest of their ten children, b. in Cape Elizabeth I April 1766. He married 4 Dec. 1788, Cath- erine Clark. They moved to Durham about 1794 and settled on lot 94. He died 25 Sept. 1842 ; his wife died 8 Sept. 1830. Their children were.
SAMUEL b. 1789; m. Phebe Wagg; killed by an accident 15 Oct. 1819. Four daughters.
APOLLOS b. Oct. 1790; d. 8 March 1852.
JOSHUA b. June 1792; Eleanor Dyer. Died 10 April 1877. She died 25 Sept. 1843, aged 56 yrs. Ch. Joshua, Frances, Martha, William, Samuel, and Augustus.
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SARAH b. 22 June 1794; m. I Jan. 1818 Samuel Stackpole; d. 8 Feb. 1836.
EUNICE b. 28 Feb. 1796; m. 19 Nov. 1822 James Thomas of Sabattus; d. 22 Sept. 1876. Sylvanus D. Thomas of Lewiston is their son.
JAMES b. I Jan. 1798. See below.
JANE b. 24 Nov. 1799; m. 20 Aug. 1820 Edmund Dow; d. 15 Dec. 1855.
CATHERINE b. Oct. 1802; m. Joshua Mitchell; d. 8 Sept. 1830?
HANNAII b. 3 Feb. 1804; m. 2 Dec. 1830 Rev. John Miller; d. 8 Sept. 1881.
MARY b. 17 April 1806; m. 1833 Abner Waterhouse; d. 7 May 1868. WILLIAM b. 4 Jan. 1809; m. 1834 Huldah Dyer; d. 30 Oct. 1878.
CHARLES b. 25 Dec. 1811; m. 3 Sept. 1838 Pamelia M. Bowie.
James Robinson m. 3 Dec. 1822, Susan, dau. of Capt. Charles Barbour of Gray. She was born 22 March 1803 and died in Dur- ham 26 Dec. 1876. He lived on the homestead as a farmer and died 29 July 1873.
WILLIAM B. b. 28 July 1823; d. 18 Mch. 1849.
BETSEY B. b. 8 Oct. 1825; d. 29 June 1826.
CHARLES B. b. 25 April 1827; m Frances Robinson; d. 3 Mch. 1865.
MARY L. b. 26 June 1829: d. 8 Mch. 1844.
CATHARINE C. b. 30 Mch. 1831; m. -- Walker. CLARISSA A. b. 8 Nov. 1833; m. James Adams of Portland.
JAMES E. b. 3 July 1837; d. 14 July 1858.
SUSAN E. b. 3 July 1837.
LEWIS C. b. 8 Aug. 1839; d. 22 Oct. 1840.
LEWIS C. b. 2 June 1844; m. Rachel Bowie. Machinist. Resides in Pittsfield, N. H. One son, Cyrus, m. Mabel Avery of Lisbon and lives in Exeter, N. H.
MARY b. 2 June 1844; d. I April 1845.
SANBORN.
Simeon Sanborn, son of Tristram and Abigail (Blake) San- born, was born in Kingston, N. H., 2 Feb. 1752. He was fiftli in descent from Lt. John Sanborne of Hampton, N. H. His first wife was a sister to Capt. Joshua Snow, near whom he lived. His intentions of marriage with Anna Randall were recorded 27 April 1795. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and died therein. His widow was living in 1825. A son Peter, born in No. Salisbury 5 April 1779, married 18 Jan. 1803 Hannah Gerrish and moved to Litchfield. A daughter Susanna was born in Roy- alsborough 1 July 1781. Another daughter, Molly, born 18 Oct. 1783, married 24 Nov. 1803 Jeremiah Staples of Topsham.
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