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BENJAMIN, a distiller of Portland.
MIRIAM, m. 15 Aug. 1799 Jeremiah Brown of Freeport.
MARY b. 28 Oct. 1781; n1. 27 Sept. 1798 Daniel Harmon; d. 3 June 182I.
SALLY m. 27 Nov. 1800 Thomas Runnels. Moved to Portland. A son Wm. Runnels, probably born in Durham, became a Methodist preacher.
TURNER.
There is room for little doubt that the ancestor of the Turners of Durham came from Hanover or Scituate, Mass. Lemuel Turner and Abigail Starbird of No. Yarmouth (Freeport) were married 16 Jan. 1755. They were, doubtless, the parents of Isaac and Ezekiel who settled in Durham, and also of Desire, who married Steplien Weston. The home of the Turner family in Freeport was near Mast Landing. Lemuel Turner was a Revolutionary soldier, as were also his sons Isaac and Starbird.
Isaac Turner of Royalsborough married Molly Hanscom of Cape Elizabeth 21 - 1788. 7 ch.
SALLY b. 18 Jan. 1790; m. 27 June 1810 Mr. Pingree of Norway.
MARY b. 30 Jan. 1792; m. 11 Dec. 1811 Hezekiah Pingree of Norway.
LETTICE b. 30 June 1794; m. 28 Sept. 1817 Jonathan Stevens of Nor- way.
MOSES b. 18 Nov. 1796; m. and d. s. p. in Durham.
AARON b. 26 July 1799; m. 11 Dec. 1823 Nancy Davis.
ELISHA b. 10 Sept. 1801; m. I Dec. 1823 Louisa Weeks.
PAULINA F. b. 1810; m. 1833 Daniel Fickett; d. 19 July 1847.
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Ezekiel Turner married, 12 Jan. 1792, Joanna, dau. of Vin- cent and Susanna (York) Roberts. He was drowned while mackerel-catching at age of about 55 yrs. Joanna (Roberts) Turner was a woman of remarkable character. She was born 1 Oct. 1773. The date on her tombstone is earlier than this, but it is an error. She had fifteen children. Her home was not far from the Stone Mill. She possessed a deeply religious nature. Her faith is illustrated in her daily prayer for twenty years that her son William, supposed to have been lost at sea, might yet return to her. One day he walked in with thrilling adventures to tell of life among the islands of the sea and of hair-breadth escapes from cannibals, etc. One night, when her husband was away, the wolves surrounded her cabin. The watch-dog became so furious that he had to be released and was torn in pieces by the pack.
Notwithstanding scanty means she was generous in feeding the hungry and caring for orphans. 'She remembered the prayer- meeting on Hezekiah Gerrish's hill, when she separated from her brother, the Rev. Daniel Roberts, elsewhere mentioned in this History.
She marricd (2) 2 Sept. 1824, Samuel Sawyer. Her death occurred 27 Mch. 1858. Her children, all by first marriage, who grew up were :
LEMUEL m. (1) 22 Jan. 1815 Mary Wormell; (2) 1830 Olive Sawyer. Ch. Ezekiel b. 29 April 1822; Henry; Susan F. b. 4 Sept. 1817; Mary Jane b. 7 April 1819; William, Matilda, Caroline, Elizabeth and Nina.
NANCY m. 19 Mch. 1815 George Bragdon.
ABBIE. Unm.
EBEN m. Martia Roach. Moved to Portland. Ch. James and Eliz- abeth.
WILLIAM m. Olive Jane Allen. Ch. Ezekiel, William and Henry.
RACHEL m. 21 June 1824 Capt. William York of Portland.
EMERY d. at age of 17 yrs.
SALLY m. Wm. Cushing. Lived on Cousen's Island.
NATHANIEL b. 6 Aug. 1811; m. 13 Jan. 1833 Jennett Rogers Estes, b. 17 Jan. 1815. Lived on lot 126. Died 2 Feb. 1883. 5 ch. MARY ANN b. 15 July 1834; d. 17 Jan. 1841. ELBRIDGE YORK b. 20 June 1841; m. I May 1895 Jennie Rich North of Bristol, Conn. Res. Auburn. ALONZO GARCELON b. 28 Sept. 1843; m. Hala Blethen; d. 2 Jan. 1869. SARAH ELLEN b. 27 June 1838; m. 18 Sept. 1864 Joseph W. Perkins; d. II Feb. 1896. GEORGIANA b. 2 Aug. 1852; d. 20 Sept. 1853.
SUBMIT b. July 1814; m. Sam'l Harmon of Durham.
ALPHA, brought up as a son. See Biog. Sketch.
JOANNA (ROBERTS) TURNER.
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TUTTLE.
John Tuttle, of Welsh origin, was in Dover, N. H., before 1642; d. 1662. Wife Dorothy. Their son John m. Mary - and d. 1720. John 3d, born 1671, m. Judith Otis and was killed by Indians 17 May 1712. Their son Thomas, born 15 March 1699, m. Mary Brackett ; d. abt. 1772. They had eleven children, of whom Reuben was born 26 Mch. 1739 : 11. 26 May 1762 Eliza, dau. of Tobias and Judith (Varney) Hanson, and had eight chil- dren born in Barrington, N. H. He moved to Royalsborough in 1780. He was a farmer and blacksmith. While in N. H. the patriots annoyed him by their demands on his skill for the repair of the locks of their muskets, the fitting of bayonets and the making of swords, all of which were in opposition to his con- victions against war and its concomitants, he being a member of the Society of Friends. So he sold out such of his possessions as could not be moved, and embarked with the rest of his family in a coaster. They disembarked at Mast Landing, Freeport. He drove a flock of sheep through the woods to his new abode on Lot 2. He died 20 Jan. 1814. His wife died 28 Jan. 1828.
Elisha, son of Reuben Tuttle, b. 27 Sept. 1767; m. 1792 Sarah, dau. of Caleb and Lydia (Bishop) Estes ; d. 21 Dec. 1854. His wife died 15 Jan. 1857, aged 85 yrs. Their children were:
LYDIA b. 5 Oct. 1793; m. John Jones of Brunswick.
TOBIAS b. 17 June 1795; d. 30 Jan. 1799.
ESTHER b. 13 Nov. 1798; m. Daniel Lunt.
THOMAS b. 14 Jan. 1801; m. 7 Nov. 1822 Lydia Jones; d. 17 July 1837.
JUDITH b. 17 June 1803; m. (1) Robert Goddard; (2) Jesse Cross- man.
PHILENA b. 7 Jan. 1806; m. John Smith of Durham; d. 19 May 1884. PATIENCE b. 12 Feb. 1808; m. 31 Nov. 1835 Isaac Blake of Lisbon.
SARAH b. 10 June 1811; m. (1) Rufus Jones of China, (2) John Cross- man; d. 27 May 1872.
ELIAS b. and d. 2 May 1815.
VARNEY.
Humphrey Varney was settled in Dover, N. H., in 1659. He married, 2 March 1664, Mrs. Sarah Story, daughter of Edward Starbuck. Their son Ebenezer married Mary Otis. Ebenezer, Jr., was born in Dover, N. H., 31 Mch. 1704, married, 24 Dec. 1729, Elizabeth Hanson, and died 30 Nov. 1776.
Nicholas, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Hanson) Varney, was born in Dover, N. H., Feb. 21, 1740. He married Nov. 28,
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1764 Mary, dau. of Edward and Patience (Carr) Estes. After living a few years in Falmouth he purchased, in 1782, lot No. 17 of Stephen Hart in Royalsborough. Hart's buildings had just been burned and Varney built his house on the hill southwest of John Varney's blacksmith-shop. The house is now occupied by his great-grandson, George E. Varney.
He belonged to the Society of Friends, and their rules pro- hibited any active part in war. They protested against all taxes, any part of which was to meet war expenses. Since it was impossible to discriminate in tax-bills what portion was for war, sonie of the Friends refused to pay any taxes at all. When the collector of Royalsborough called on Nicholas Varney, he per- sistently refused payment of the amount assessed upon him. Consequently the sheriff came and seized a new milch-cow, and sought also to take away her young calf with her. The boys, unterrified by the officer's badge and ignoring the spirit of the Quaker principle of non-resistance, mixed those calves up so that the officer was unable to decide which was the right one; and finding it difficult to catch and impossible to drive any one, he went away with the cow alone. The animal was sold, and the next time the officer came that way he brought the balance of the sale money remaining after the deduction of the tax-bill. Neither husband nor wife would touch the polluted currency, and the officer could relieve himself of the responsibility for the money only by laying it upon the high shelf at a corner of the room. There the money remained untouched for many months. When the next year the officer came round for another collection, his demand was met only by an allusion to what he had done the previous year and the statement that the money he had placed on the shelf then was still there. The officer found it so and withdrawing from it the amount required, returned the bal- ance to its former position. It proved sufficient for the third year also.
The family of Nicholas Varney is here given.
ELIZABETH b. I Nov. 1765; d. I Mch. 1836. ESTES b. II Aug. 1768; d. 8 Feb. 1828; m. - Sargent. EBENEZER b. 7 Jan. 1771; d. 21 Mch. 1840. CARR b. 22 July 1773; d. 14 Jan. 1859; m. Anna Tuttle. PATIENCE b. 5 Nov. 1775; d. 19 Feb. 1843.
JOSEPH b. 30 May 1778; d. 19 Mch. 1835; m. Bethana Getchell. NICHOLAS b. 25 Aug. 1780; d. 2 Oct. 1843.
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MARY b. 12 Oct. 1783.
SARAH b. 20 April 1786; d. 27 April 1786.
JEREMIAH b. 25 Mch. 1789; d. 12 May 1836.
Nicholas Varney Jr. married 7 Mch. 1805 Mary Field. She died 30 Nov. 1871. Their children were :
JOHN b. 8 May 1806; m. Maria Hawkes.
HANNAH b. 10 April 1808; d. 17 June 1886; m. Jonathan Meader of Westbrook.
Amos b. 30 Jan. ISII; d. 8 June 1887; m. Lydia Hawkes.
SARAH b. 13 June 1813: still living; m. Benj. Frye of China.
ANNA b. 13 Oct. 1815; d. 15 May 1820.
ISAIAH b. 18 May 1818; d. 21 April 1871. Unm.
EUNICE b. 15 Mch. 1820; d. Feb. 1848. Unm.
MARY ANN b. 7 April IS22; still living. Unm.
Children of John and Maria (Hawkes) Varney.
JULIA m. (1) 25 Oct. 1850 John Coombs; (2) Rev. George Crawford; d. 2 April 1898.
GEORGE E. m. Rachel A. Snow; lives in So. Durham.
NATHAN 111. Emily A. Shopp; lives in Los Angeles, Cal.
JOHN d. young.
JOSEPH m. Rose Newell; lives in Freeport.
AMOS F. m. Miss Wyat.
CHARLES m. - Cox; lives in Bath.
LEONARD m. Lydia A. Stimpson; d. in Portland.
EMERY V. d. in Farmington.
Children of Amos and Lydia (Hawkes) Varney.
ALFRED m. Georgia A. Smith. SIBYL.
JOHN H. m. Maria Andrews.
LEWIS d. young.
ALNEY.
LYDIA ELLA m. Charles F. Andrews.
LINDLEY M. m. Martha Osborne.
VINING.
Benjamin Vining (see p. 19) m. (1) 22 Oct. 1761, Mehitabel Brooks. She died 9 April 1774, leaving five children ; (2) 20 Aug. 1776, Lydia Turner of Hingham, Mass., who had five chil- dren : (3) 1789 Bathsheba Davis of Portland. His family was as follows :
JOHN b. 5 Sept. 1762. See p. 274.
BENJAMIN JR. b. 3 Aug. 1764. See p. 274. ' BELA b. 12 Nov. 1766. See p. 275.
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LUCINDA b. II Mch. 1769; m. 17 Mch. 1789 Thomas Mitchell; d. about 1812.
HANNAH b. 10 June 1771; d. 3 May 1774.
MEHITABEL b. 17 Feb. 1778; m. 6 Dec. 1792 Henry McKenney of Durham.
SARAH b. 22 Dec. 1779; m. 9 Nov. 1797 Jonathan Strout; d. 25 Feb. 1863.
REUBEN b. 2 May 1782; d. 21 Jan. 1783.
JOSIAH b. 15 May 1784; m. 24 May 1807 Esther Clough. He joined the Society of Friends and moved to St. Albans. For family see Hist. of Litchfield.
ABIGAIL b. 9 July 1786; m. (1) 3 Mch. 1803 Daniel Jordan of Pejep- scot; (2) a Mr. Titcomb; d. 1863.
John, son of Benjamin Vining, is said to have come from Pepperrellborough (Saco) in 1787. See Military Record. He m. 30 Nov. 1786 Mary Goodwin and died in Durham 27 Oct. 1837. His wife was born II April 1765 and died 14 Nov. 1839. He was a farmer and lived on Lot 75. His family is here given.
SUSANNA b. 24 Aug. 1787; m. (1) 21 April 1811 Samuel Tracy; (2) James Newell, 24 Dec. 1818.
JOHN b. 27 April 1789; d. 24 Mch. 1791.
MOLLY b. 20 Aug. 1791; d. 7 Oct. 1793.
BENJAMIN b. 23 Aug. 1793; m. 15 April 1819 Hannah Merrill; d. 9 Sept. 1833.
SAMUEL b. 26 May 1795; m. Polly Smith of Lisbon; d. in Troy, Me., 26 July 1842.
JOIIN 2d b. 27 Jan. 1798; m. 1825 Martha S. Ross of Brunswick; lost at sea Feb. 1838. Their children were: ELBRIDGE C. b. 28 May 1827. HARRISON b. 28 Mch. 1832. MARTHA A. b. 27 July 1834; m. Charles E. Clark of Gt. Falls, N. H.
REUBEN b. 20 July 1799. See p. 275.
DAVID b. 8 April 1801. See p. 275.
JONATHAN, twin to David; d. unm. 12 Dec. 1820.
BETSEY b. 20 April 1803; d. 12 Nov. 1805.
AMMI b. 4 Sept. 1805. See p. 276.
SALLY b. 3 June 1807; d. 10 Dec. 1892.
Benjamin Vining Jr. was born at New Casco 3 Aug. 1764; m. 23 Mch. 1797 Sarah, dau. of Batchelder Ring, who was born in Royalsborough 19 Sept. 1777. They lived for a time in Dur- ham, but moved to Avon where he died 9 Sept. 1833. Their children were :
BATCHELDER RING b. 17 Feb. 1798.
BENJAMIN BROOKS b. 30 March 1799.
THOMAS b. 31 Mareli 1800.
DAVID VINING.
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DANIEL b. 15 Jan. 1802.
PAGE b. 29 March 1803. SEWARD b. 8 Feb. 1805. CONVERSE b. 27 Feb. 1807. EDWARD b. 17 May 1809. JOHN b. 2 May 1811. NATHANIEL b. 16 March 1813.
SALLY b. 4 Sept. 1814.
Bela, son of Benjamin Vining, born 12 Nov. 1766; m. 15 July 1790 Thankful Millbanks of Lewiston. She died in Durham 7 Aug. 1864, aged 92 yrs. 7 mos. He was a farmer and lived on Lot 65. He died 17 Feb. 1846. Their children were:
WILLIAM b. 20 July 1791; mn. Nancy
HANNAH b. 19 March 1793; m. 5 March 1815 Asa Dyer of Harmony.
AMMI b. 3 April 1795; m. 21 Sept. 1817 Betsey Strout.
LUCY b. 6 May 1798; m. 30 Nov. 1820 John Newell 2d.
BELA JR. b. 3 April 1800; d. in Havana, Cuba, 19 Aug. 1821.
SAMUEL b. 3 April 1802.
SARAH b. 17 Oct. 1805; m. 13 Oct. 1826 Joseph Davis.
SEWELL b. 29 Jan. 1808; m. (1) 1831, Hephzibah Blanchard of N. Yarmouth; (2) Mrs. Randall.
MARY MILLBANKS b. 4 May 1810; m. 14 Oct. 1832 William H. L. Blanchard of N. Yarmouth.
Reuben, son of John and Mary (Goodwin) Vining, born 20 July 1799, married Mercy Lunt of Brunswick, lived on the home- stead, Lot 75, and died 6 Aug. 1857.
MARTHA R. b. 3 Dec. 1837.
JOHN A. b. 21 Sept. 1839; m. 8 June 1869 Letitia McMullen of N. Y. Died at Walpole, Mass., 20 Oct. 1869.
JOSIAH L. b. 23 Sept. 1842. Unm.
GEORGE H. b. 13 Aug. 1846; d. unm. I Jan. 1895.
EDWIN R. b. 22 Feb. 1850. See p. 276.
David, son of John and Mary (Goodwin) Vining, born 8 April 1801; in. June 1833 Betsey Smith of Lisbon. He died Sept. 1869. Tinsmith and farmer. Lived in Durham till 1849. Then moved to Lewiston, where he died. See portrait.
JAMES h. 19 May 1834; n1. 21 Aug. 1868 Susie Clark of Wales, Me.
MAHALA S. b. April 1836; m. 24 Oct 1854 Edward Goold of West- brook.
MARIA C., twin to Mahala; m. 24 Oct. 1856 Luther Ferley of Har- rison.
DAVID A. b. 13 May 1843; m. 5 May 1868 - Libby of Lewiston.
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Ammi, son of John and Mary (Goodwin) Vining, born 4 Sept. 1806 ; m. 3 June 1832, Susanna Gerrish. He was a farmer and lived near Gerrish's Mill. He d. I May 1868. His wife, born 12 April 1811, died 11 April 1896.
MARY V. b. 22 Mch. 1834; d. 18 Nov. 1871.
BENJAMIN F. b. 2 April 1836; m. March, 1867 Sarah J. Richardson of New Gloucester; d. 23 Mch. 1886.
LAURA P. b. 17 July 1839; m. Aug. 1867 L. E. Dennison; d. 17 Nov. 1871.
MATILDA G. b. 17 July 1839; m. 28 Feb. 1861 Joseph W. Thomas.
ISRAEL H. b. 9 June 1844; d. 24 Sept. 1846.
ETTA P. b. 29 June 1851; d. 27 Aug. 1880.
EMMA E. b. 9 Sept. 1855; d. 2 March 1863.
Edwin R. Vining, son of Reuben and Mary (Lunt) Vining, born in Durham 22 Feb. 1850, married, I Jan. 1873 Ada L. Morse, who was born in Bangor 22 Jan. 1854. They live in Auburn. The following children were born in Durham :
JOHN A. b. 7 Dec. 1873.
EVERETT L. b. 15 Dec. 1874.
WILLIS J. b. 17 July 1877.
E. WARREN b. 6 Jan. 1879; d. 20 Mch. 1880.
MURRAY H. b. 12 Oct. 1882.
ADDIE P. b. 29 Sept. 1885.
MERTON b. 10 Jan. 1888.
ALBERT E. b. 31 May 1892.
INFANT d. 22 Jan. 1898.
WAGG.
William Wagg married 24 Feb. 1780 Dorcas Strout in Cape Elizabeth and was the first settler on the River Road in old Pejepscot or Danville. His descendant of the same name still holds the old homestead. He died 31 Mch. 1845, aged 91 yrs.
William Wagg, Jr., was born 23 Oct. 1792 and died in Dur- ham 14 Oct. 1820. He married Elizabeth Miller. Their chil- dren 'were :
MARY b. 9 Nov. 1814; m. 3 May 1835 Rev. Ira G. Ridlon, who was b. 3 July 1815.
WILLIAM 3d b. 25 July 1816. See below.
ELIZABETH b. 3 Sept. 1818; m. Horatio N. Jordan; d. 5 April 1857. ANN S. b. 28 Aug. 1820; m. William D. Roak.
William Wagg, 3d, born 25 July 1816 in Danville, married 17 May 1840 Sarah Yeaton Bowie, who was born in Cape Eliza-
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beth 8 June 1821. Residence, Lisbon, Me. All but the last of their children were born in Durham.
WM. HENRY b. II April 1841.
GREENLIEF GOODWIN b. 24 Jan. 1843; m. Nellie C. Howe of Rumford.
ALVENIA MOSES b. 26 June 1845; m. Delia M. Dempsey of Oswego, N. Y.
FREDERIC ALPHONSO b. 17 May 1848; m. Ella E. Decker of Lagrange. NELSON HOWARD CARY b. 7 July 1852; m. Lizzie R. Webb of Skow- hegan.
ANN AMELIA b. 15 Oct. 1858.
WARREN.
James Warren, a native of Berwick, Scotland, was settled at South Berwick, Me., as early as 1656. His wife was Margaret - - a native of Ireland. Their children were Gilbert, who left no male issue; Margaret, who married James Stackpole before 1680; Jane; James ; and Grizel, who married Richard Otis of Dover, N. H., and was captured by Indians and carried to Canada. James married Mary - and had children, Mary, Margaret, James b. 8 June 1698; Rachel; Gilbert b. 30 April 1703 ; and John b. 16 Dec. 1705. Gilbert's will is dated 21 Feb. 1755 and he mentions wife Abigail and children Gideon, Alden, Gilbert, Abigail, Rachel and Lucy. Of these Gideon lived at South Berwick. He married 12 Jan. 1748 Hannah Morrill, and had children, Adriel, Kesiah, Peltiah, Peace, Phineas, Ruth, Asa, Charlotte and John Morrill. The last was born 28 May 1774. He married in N. Yarmouth, Anna True. Their children were :
HANNAII b. 18 Aug. 1806; d. 9 April 1893.
ARDELIA b. 1807; d. 1811.
ASA b. 2 Dec. 1809; d. 2 April 1860.
TRUE b. May 1811; d. 22 Aug. 1832.
ISRAEL TRUE b. I Feb. 1815; d. 23 Aug. 1865.
CELESTIA b. June 1816; d. 7 Sept. 1852.
WILLIAM TRUE b. 8 May 1818; d. 9 Sept. 1896.
HENRY M. b. 28 Feb. 1820.
ARDELIA M. b. 7 May 1822.
SARAH ANN b. 5 Sept. 1824.
SALOME R. b. 19 April 1827; d. 29 April 1865.
Israel True Warren married 11 Sept. 1836 Rebecca Fulton of Lisbon. She was born Sept. 1816 and died 4 Feb. 1890. He lived many years at S. W. Bend. Their children were :
TRUE b. 9 July 1838; d. 18 Aug. 1838.
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JOHN HENRY b. 12 Sept. 1839; d. s. p. 13 Dec. 1893; m. Nellie Clark Brooks.
LUCY ANN b. 8 Jan. 1841; lives in Biddeford.
CYNTHIA b. 14 Feb. 1844; d. 6 April 1861.
CLARA LITTLE b. 20 May 1846; m. Sept. 1871 John Austin Elliott. Two ch. Isabel and Florence. He died June 1890. Res. Biddeford.
CHARLES ISRAEL b. 10 June 1850; m. Feb. 1883 Ida Fisher of Balti- more. He is a commercial traveler. Residence, Philadelphia.
ELIZABETH E. b. 24 Nov. 1852; d. 28 Dec. 1852.
EDGAR LINDLEY b. 3 Nov. 1858. See Biog. Sketch.
John Warren, grandson of the emigrant James, born 16 Dec. 1705, married Mary, daughter of Moses and Abigail (Taylor) Goodwin in So. Berwick. His will was probated Jan. 1769. It mentions children John, Tristram, Nathaniel, Ichabod, Pelatiah, Kesiah, Margaret, and Mary. John, born 5 Mch. 1731, married 25 Dec. 1755 Jane Johnson and was the ancestor of the Warrens of Westbrook. Ichabod Warren b. 14 Mch. 1736, married Han- nah (Gilman?) who was born in York I Dec. 1734. He moved to Fryeburg about 1780. His children were Betsey b. 4 Oct. 1762 ; Ebenezer b. 5 Sept. 1764 ; Henry b. 26 Nov. 1767 ; Hannah b. I May 1770; John b. 25 April 1772; Ichabod b. 8 July 1774 ; Susannalı b. 12 Aug. 1779.
Ebenezer Warren, above named, was born in Berwick, Me. He came to Royalsborough in 1787 on foot with an axe on his shoulder. He bought, 13 July 1789, fifty-six acres of John Cush- ing's 500 acre lot and built a log house on the ridge of land south of where the old Warren farm buildings now stand. He married II Jan. 1788, in Berwick, Hannah Reed and brought her to his home and also a cow from Berwick. He was a prominent man in town affairs and was Captain of Militia. He died 18 Sept. 1852. His wife died 3 June 1848, aged 84 yrs. 7 mos. Their children, besides two named Ebenezer, who died young, were :
HENRY b. 1795; mn. 8 Aug. 1815 Sarah Thompson of Pownal; d. s. p. 23 July 1877. His wife died 30 Oct. 1858, aged 65 yrs. 10 mos.
IVORY b. 10 May 1791. See p. 279.
RUFUS b. 8 Oct. 1793; m. 4 Sept. 1814 Hannah Harmon; d. 24 Feb. 1875. His wife died 20 Dec. 1855. Ch. Ebenezer m. 8 Sept. 1853 Louisa S. Royall; Sarah m. Dennis Libby; Maria, unm .; Rufus m. 19 May 1850 Mary L. Davis, d. 17 Mch. 1890, aged 66 yrs; Hannah m. George W. Lang; Daniel d. young; Matilda d. young; Richmond; Mary N. m. Dex- ter Strout of Boston.
NANCY b. 18 Mch. 1798; m. 21 Sept. 1823 Paul Douglas; d. 5 Mch. 1837.
EMERY S. WARREN.
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JOSEPH b. 14 July 1804; m. 24 Nov. 1825 Abigail Strout. Farmer in Durham. Representative and town official. Ch. MARTHA CURTIS b. 26 Oct. 1826; HENRY b. 26 Aug. 1828; JOSEPH b. II April 1832; d. 13 Nov. 1857; ALBERT SMITH b. 7 Aug. 1834; lives in Lynn, Mass .; HANNAH b. 14 Aug. 1836; m. 19 Nov. 1857 George W. Bailey of Woolwich.
Ivory Warren married 26 Sept. 1818 Lusannah Curtis Strout, who was born 2 Aug. 1796 and died 26 Nov. 1872. He was a prominent 'business man at South West Bend. Died 10 Aug. 1849.
EMERY S. b. 18 Nov. 1819. See below. .
JULIA S. b. 9 May 1824; m. 1852 Dr. Nelson H. Cary.
JOHN QUINCY b. 7 Dec. 1829; m1. 15 Nov. 1855 Ellen M. Cary; d. 26 April 1863. Their son is Prof. Fred M. Warren. See Biog. Sketch. Another son William C. born 1 June 1861, died 4 Sept. 1862.
Emery S. Warren, born 18 Nov. 1819, entered into partner- ship in trade with his father at South West Bend in 1840, and continued to do business at the old stand for fifty-four years, till his death, 17 Aug. 1894. His business integrity was never questioned. He was held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens. He was Postmaster and Town Clerk many years. He also served as Selectman, Representative to the Legislature and County Commissioner. The last office was held the first year in the history of Androscoggin County. For some time he acted as Treasurer of Acacia Lodge of Free Masons. His portrait is presented as a worthy representative of the Warren family, that has had many good and useful men.
He married (1) 31 Dec. 1849, Elizabeth M., daughter of Samuel Miller. She was born in Gorham 20 Aug. 1818 and died in Durham 25 Aug. 1869. He married, (2) I June 1871, Louisa A. Whitney, born 9 Feb. 1831. By first marriage there were two children.
ELLA b. 20 May 1853; died the next day.
GEORGE E. b. 19 Nov. 1854. He succeeded his father in trade, and is the present Postmaster and Town Clerk. Married 18 Mch. 1896 Ella L. Dunn of Poland, b. 23 April 1871. Their daughter, Louise, was born 12 Jan. 1897.
Pelatiah Warren, son of John of Berwick and uncle of Eben- czer Warren of Durham, married, 18 June 1777, Sarah Parker and settled in Royalsborough. He was a blacksmith and farmer.
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Lived on the Northeast end of lot 36. Revolutionary soldier. Moved to Monmouth in 1797. Ch.
REBECCA b. 24 Mch. 1778; William and Nathaniel b. 2 Sept. 1779; Pelatiah, Jr., b. 21 June 1781; m. Joanna, dau. of Enoch Strout of Mon- mouth: Sarah b. 23 Aug. 1783; Samuel b. 29 Mch. 1786; Lydia b. 9 May 1789; Sabina b. 9 June 1791.
WATERHOUSE.
Thomas Waterhouse, son of Theophilus and Hannah Water- house, was born in Scarborough 17 Dec. 1751. He married 23 Nov. 1774 Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Susannah (Downing) Goodwin of Wells, who was born 18 Oct. 1754. They had nine children, Mary, THOMAS William, Theophilus, Asa, Theophilus 2d, Susannah, Ai and Hannah. Of these the oldest son, THOMAS was born in Scarborough 23 March 1777, came to Durham in 1804 ; married Ruth Ayer 16 Jan. 1806. She was born 23 April 1784, and was daughter of Thomas and Esther Ayer of New Gloucester. They settled in the northwestern part of Durham, on Lot 157. Rufus Waterhouse, their grandson, still lives on the old homestead. Thomas Waterhouse died 24 July 1851 ; his wife died 9 May 1856. They had nine children.
THOMAS b. 15 Jan. and d. 18 April 1807.
LORENZO b. 23 July 1809; d. 8 Nov. 1845.
HANNAH b. 25 Nov. 1810; m. 4 June 1843 John M. Ayer of New Gloucester.
THOMAS 2d b. 9 May 1813; d. 2 July 1816.
AI b. 12 April 1816. See below.
CHARLES b. 10 June 1818: m. Olive Waterhouse; d. 1853.
JOHN b. 19 May 1821; d. 16 Sept. 1845.
JAMES b. 15 Oct. 1826; d. 2 Nov. 1847.
ESTHER ANN b. 23 March 1824; d. 29 Jan. 1826.
Ai Waterhouse spent his life on the old homestead as a suc- cessful farmer. He was also a Justice of the Peace and Pension Agent. He married (1) 31 Dec. 1840 Catherine C. Gording of Livermore. She was born 10 Feb. 1821 and died 14 Oct. 1843. He married (2) 5 Dec. 1844, Caroline W. Dawes, who was born in New Gloucester 6 Ang. 1826 and died 30 Jan. 1896. He died 17 Oct. 1895. By first marriage there was one son.
MARK ALPHONSO b. 3 July 1843. He became a successful merchant in Boston. He married 31 July 1876 Mary B. Monto; (2) Mary Ester- brook. Died in 1897, leaving one daughter. Mabel M., born 26 Mch. 1882.
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GENEALOGICAL NOTES
By second marriage there were :
RUFUS WESLEY b. 10 Mch. 1845; m. 10 Aug. 1872 Eliza Larrabee. LORENZO Dow b. 22 Oct. 1846; m. 8 Oct. 1873 Emma J. Doolittle.
JOHN FRANCIS b. 26 Dec. 1848; m. 4 Dec. 1880 Clara Larrabee; d. 2 Aug. 1889.
FLAVILLA AUGUSTA b. 2 May 1853; m. 16 Jan. 1886 Thomas F. Monto of Allston, Mass.
SUSAN HARRIET b. 8 Oct. 1856; m. 22 Feb. 1888 George R. Hunne- well.
WEBBER.
The Webbers came from Holland in the seventeenth century. Thomas Webber was living on the northern part of Parker's Island, at the mouth of the Kennebec river in 1649. He married Mary, daughter of John Parker, Senr. In 1660 he bought of Indian chiefs land stretching four miles from Winnegance south and reaching from the Kennebec river to Casco Bay. He had a daughter and five sons, John, Joseph, SAMUEL, James and Nathaniel. Samuel Webber was granted a mill privilege in old Falmouth in 1681, and built the first mill at Stroud- water, sawing boards at the halves. He moved to Glouces- ter, Mass., and thence to York, Me., where he died in 1716. His wife's name was Deborah. They had ten children at least, of whom Waitstill, also called Waitt, was born in Glouces- ter, Mass., in 1698. He settled in Harpswell in 1738. His son, Daniel Webber was born in York, 27 Dec. 1736. He was a marine in the French and Indian War of 1755 and was at the capture of Quebec. His second wife was Mrs. Anna (Bibber) Woodworth, dau. of James Bibber, who came to America from the Isle of Jersey in 1725. They had six children, of whom Waitstill (see p. 126) was the oldest, born in Harpswell 17 Sept. 1779. He m. (1) 22 April 1801 Miriam, dau. of James Booker of Harpswell, b. 26 Mch. 1783, d. 11 April 1825 ; m. (2) 30 Nov. 1826 Peace, dau. of John Collins of Dur- ham. 6 ch. by first marriage; 3 by second.
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