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William, b. Sept. 3, 1776.
Dorcas, b. Feb. 16, 1779. John, b. Jan. 31, 1780.
Edmund, b. Feb. 4, 1782.
About 1782 Mr. Adams moved to Buxton, where his wife died, Dec. 21, 1785. He married, Dec. 13, 1786, Rebecca, daughter of Jonathan Elwell of Gorham. There was a large family of children by this marriage, all born in Buxton. William Adams died Dec. 24, 1826, and his wife, Sept. 14, 1840.
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Joshua Adams lived on the Flaggy Meadow road, about opposite to where the house of the late Samuel Murch stands. June 7, 1781, he bought of Zephaniah Harding one-fourth of the hundred acre lot 62. This lot his widow Hannah sold in 1792 to Decker Phinney, and he, on the same day conveyed it to Allen Davis. Mr. Adams probably married for his first wife, Feb. 3, 1775, Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Frost. He married, second, (pub. July 26, 1777,) Mrs. Hannah (Whitney) Brown, widow of Joseph Brown, and daughter of Isaac Whitney. Children :
Lucy, b. June 25, 1778.
Joseph Crosby, b. Aug 10, 1780.
Isaac,
Benjamin,
b. May 23, 1783.
James, b. June 29, 1787.
Hannah, b. May 2, 1790.
Joshua Adams died before 1792. The family moved into the eastern part of the State. Some of the descendants are now in the State of New York.
AKERS.
The name of Moses Akers appears Feb. 11, 1777, as signing a petition for a call for a proprietors' meeting, and this is the only time the name of Akers appears on the old records. Moses bought the thirty acre lot No. 4 of Daniel Mosher, Nov. 9, 1762. In the year 1763 and up to 1780 he is a tax-payer, and no other Akers on the books. In an old assessment made December, 1764, the right No. 4 is assessed to Daniel Mosher ; and in 1765, when a draft is made for the third division, being the seventy acre lots, No. 4 is put down to Moses Akers, and drew lot 49. Notwithstanding all this, there might have been others of the name in town. In an old diary of Mr. Alden are a number of marriages not in the regular town records. One was a Mrs. Akers to Jonathan Melvin, May 4, 1773. They were not published in Gorham, nor does it appear by whom they were married. At that time there was a family of Melvins in town. There are but two families of Akers recorded in Gorham, evidently father and son. The first is -
Moses Akers, spoken of above, who married in December, 1753, Hannah B., daughter of Daniel and Jenny Mosher. Children :
Jenny M., b. Aug. 13, 1756, m. James Brackett of Falmouth, Mar. 17, 1785. Daniel M., b Aug. 17, 1760.
John, b. Aug. 25, 1763, m. Eunice Newbegin, Nov. 6, 1783.
Hannah Barker, b. Apr. 25, 1766.
Rebecca, b. Oct. 12, 1768, m. Aaron Hanscom of Gorham, May 10, 1800. Susanna B., b. Oct. 17, 1775.
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Moses Akers probably married a second wife, Mary Clark, Dec. 7, 1780. In his publishment to his first wife, Miss Mosher, he is named as of Falmouth. These were the great-grandparents of the sculptors, Charles and Paul Akers.
(2) John Akers, son of Moses, lived near Little Falls. His house was near where Mr. Bragdon has since lived. He married Eunice Newbegin. Her father was a blacksmith, and worked in a shop that was occupied by Morris Clark before him, and which stood near the corner made by the Great Falls road and the road to Little Falls, near where Capt. Joshua Brackett lived. Mr. Newbegin moved to Parsonfield. Children of John and Eunice Akers :
Hannah, b. Sept. 13, 1785, m. - Fitzgerald, and 2d, - Fannegan.
Thomas, b. Feb. 9, 1787, m. Pelina Gammon, Sept. 25, 1806.
Mary, b. Oct. 2, 1789, m. Massey Barter.
Benjamin, b. May 13, 1791, m. a Miss Fry, and moved to Falmouth.
Moses, b. Feb. 26, 1792, d. aged 22 mos.
John, b. Oct. 5, 1798, d. young.
Nancy, b. Mar. 2, 1800, m. Morrill.
William, b. Apr. 20, 1802, m. Sally, dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah (Hamblen) Jones; 2d, Jane Foss ; I'd in Westbrook.
ALDEN.
Austin Alden was born in Marshfield, Mass., March 25, 1729. He married, in Gorham, Nov. 25, 1756, Salome, the daughter of Rev. Solomon Lombard of Gorham; Mr. Lombard performing the cere- mony. Mr. Alden came to Gorham from the town of Truro, Mass., about the year 1755, and settled on the farm now owned and occu- pied by his great-great-grandson, Chas. G. Alden. This farm, which has been held in a direct line through five generations, is situated about one-half mile west of the church, on the new road to Standish, being the thirty acre lots, Nos. 35 and 36. He was in the French and Indian wars previous to the year 1761 as a soldier, but where, and what part he performed we are not able to state, excepting that we know he served as Sergeant in 1757 in Capt. Joseph Woodman's company in the Northern Army. In June, 1761, he was drafted, under orders from the Home Government, with others of the colo- nists (making several companies) for the purpose of building the fortifications at Halifax, Nova Scotia. He left home on the 17th day of June, 1761, in company with several others from Gorham as sol- diers in said expedition, and marched to Portsmouth, N. H., where they took passage for Boston, from thence to Castle William, now Fort Independence, where they were put on board transports for Halifax. When they arrived there they were divided into parties
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of artificers, laborers, and for what each was best fitted. As for Mr. Alden, being a warrant officer, or orderly, his place was comparatively easy and pleasant. As it was, however, he suffered as much from sickness and exposure as the others did from hard usage. Such usage as these men had to endure would hardly be suffered at this day. (See Chapter VI.) Record is often made of such and such an one being before a court martial, and sentenced to from twenty to even one hundred lashes. These men remained at Halifax till February, 1762. Mr. Alden arrived home Jan. 4, 1762.
Mr. Alden joined the army of the Revolution, enlisting at the first outbreak of hostilities as a private in Capt. Wentworth Stuart's com- pany. He was appointed Second Lieut. the following year, in Capt. John Rice's company, in Col. Phinney's 18th Continental regiment. He then joined as First Lieut. Capt. Nathan Watkins company, Col. Brewer's 12th Mass. regiment, most of which company was raised in Massachusetts. There were but two or three men in it from Gorham. Mr. Alden and his company were with the Northern Army, at and about Albany, N. Y., in 1777, and were at the capture of Burgoyne. He was in the army over a year at this time, but his family and farm requiring his time and attention, he came home about the latter part of 1777. He was chosen town clerk as early as the year 1778, which office he held till 1804, and his records are among the most correct of any made from that time up to this day.
·Mr. Alden was a large, powerful man, over six feet in height, mus- cular and strong, well fitted to make a new country, and make it bud and blossom, and at an early day his farm showed that it was in the hands of a master. To see him, tall, staid, and circumspect in all his movements, one would at once suppose him to be of the Pilgrim stock, and such was the case; he was a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, who landed from the ship Mayflower at Plymouth, in December, 1620; being of the fourth generation from the pilgrim. The Sabbath was with him a strictly religious day - he never let it pass otherwise. Attendance on religious services was with him a duty that he would suffer nothing to interfere with : the necessity must be very great that would cause any deviation from this rule. He was early made a deacon of the Congregational church in Gor- ham. Remarkably correct, prompt and systematic in his affairs, with a good education for the times in which he lived, he was much employed by the town and by his townsmen, individually, and in everything was found to be an honest, straight-forward man. To his wife Mr. Alden was much devoted. They were well adapted to
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each other. Both remarkably pious, their path was that of unity. Mrs. Alden was much devoted to what she thought to be her duty; a good and loving wife and mother, a kind neighbor and fast friend - she was a woman much beloved and respected by all who knew her.
Mr. Alden's father, Jonathan, came from Massachusetts to live with his son, Nov. 18, 1766, and remained with him until his death, which occurred on the 10th day of July, 1770, when he was 84 years and 4 months old.
Children of Austin and Salome Alden :
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1757, m. Jesse Harding, Mar. 27, 1777.
Josiah, b. Mar. 31, 1760, m. Sarah Robinson, Feb. 23, 1783.
Humphrey, b. Jan. 21, 1763, went to Mass.
Anner, b. Apr. 14, 1765, m. Warren Nickerson of New Plantation, Nov. 22, 1785. Hezekiah, b. July 15, 1767, d. Nov. 27, 1768.
Mrs. Salome Alden died in Gorham, May 18, 1780, at the age of 45, and Mr. Alden married, Nov. 25, 1781, Hannah Battles of Cape Elizabeth. She died May 25, 1784. It is probable that Dea. Alden had been married before coming to Gorham, for after recording the death of his wife Hannah in his diary, he adds the following, " This is the third bosom companion that I have laid in the grave." Dea. Austin Alden died March 23, 1804, aged 75.
(2) Josiah Alden, son of Austin, was elected town clerk of Gorham on the decease of his father, and was annually re-elected until 1815. He was also town treasurer from 1806 to 1815. He married Sarah Robinson of Cape Elizabeth. Children :
Austin, b. Nov. 3, 1784, m. Anna Lord, Apr. 12, 1814 ; went to Pownal. Salome, b. Nov. 12, 1786, m. Solomon Davis, p. Apr. 20, 1805.
Charles, b. Jan. 20, 1789, m. Nancy Quinby, d. June 6, 1866; she, in 1873. Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1791, m. Jotham Sedgley of Limerick, p. Jan. 18, 1812. Nancy, b. Feb. 13, 1793, m. Samuel Parker of Buxton, Jan. 21, 1821; 2d, Warren Nickerson ; 3d, a Mr. Cobb.
Gardner, b. Jan. 13, 1795, m. Martha Chick, p. Apr. 25, 1822.
Lucy, b. Apr. 9, 1797, m. Samuel Goodwin of Buxton, p. Dec. 27, 1823.
Josiah Alden died Nov. 8, 1834, aged 75. Mrs. Alden died Aug. 21, 1820, aged 63.
(3) Gardner Alden, son of Josiah, married Martha Chick of Ber- wick. Children :
Henry, b. May 20, 1823, m. Rachel Ann, dau. of George and Eunice (Watts) Carll of Buxton, June 18, 1853. Ch : Charles G., b. Sept. ! 5, 1854, m. Emma Larrabee, Sept. 4, 1881 ; Mary E, b. Nov. 30, 1355, teacher in Mass .; John F., b. Sept. 3, 1857, d. June 29, 1865; George, b. Jan. 21, 1864, m. Ada Douglass, Nov., 1887. Henry Alden d. Sept. 30, 1871 ; Mrs. Alden d. Jan. 31, 1888, ag. 58.
Clarissa, b. May 20, 1823, d. Sept. 13, 1853.
Gardner Alden died Sept. 8, 1831, aged 36, and his wife, Feb. 11, 1849, aged 64.
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ALLEN.
Samuel Allen, who was the son of Jacob Allen of Scarborough, came to Gorham about 1829. He married, May 6, 1829, Mary C., daughter of William and Mehitable Mclellan. At that time he lived where Daniel Baker now lives, but afterwards moved on to the farm now owned by his son George, where he died Sept. 21, 1869, aged 66. Mrs. Allen died Nov. 14, 1893, aged 84. Children :
Alexander McL. b. Dec. 15, 1830, m. Mary W. McLellan, June 19, 1858.
John McL., b. June 15, 1833, m. Amanda Small of Gorham.
Almira E., b. Apr. 7, 1836, d. Oct. 3, 1855.
William M., b. July 13, 1839, m. M. Decker; 2d, Mattie McKenney; d. Feb. 12, 1896.
George B., b. July 8, 1847, d. Aug. 7, 1848.
George A., b. Jan. 22, 1850, m. Eva Paine.
Eunice S., b. -- , 1854, d. Sept. 1. 1856.
BACON.
The family of Bacon came from Barnstable, Mass., where they were numerous. From thence they came to Scarborough quite early.
About the year 1768 Nathaniel Bacon with his wife Apphia and a family of three sons came to Gorham. The three sons were
Nathaniel, b. about 1757, m. Betty Dyer, May 13, 1782.
Timothy, b. about 1762, m. Mary Irish, Feb. 19, 1789.
Josiah, b. Sept. 24, 1766, m. Lucy Hopkins, Mar. 27, 1788 ; 2d, Hannah Ham- blen.
After Mr. and Mrs. Bacon came here they had a daughter born - Martha, b. May 15, 1769, m. Charles Hopkins, Mar. 7, 1793; I'd in Buxton.
If there were any other members of the family, we have no record of them. Mr. Bacon first settled on the seventy acre lot 114, which he purchased of David Gorham. In 1780 he sold the northeast half of this to Ithiel Blake.
(2) Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., son of Nathaniel, married Betty Dyer of Cape Elizabeth. He lived on his father's place. Children :
Thomas, b. Apr. 21, 1783, m. Sally Burton, Dec. 1, 1803.
Polly, b. Sept. 5, 1784, m. Joseph Hanscom, June 3, 1798.
Nathaniel, b. Mar. 18, 1786, m. Nicy Emery, Nov. 9, 1809.
Martha, b. Mar. 24, 1790, m. Samuel Dyer, Dec. 1, 1808.
Betsey, b. -, m. William Snow, Jr., p. July 8, 1815.
Levi, b. , m. - Stevens.
George, b.
Eunice, b. , m. Hugh M. Smith, Apr. 7, 1811.
Mary, b. , m. Seth Blake of Limington, Aug. 26, 1821.
Fanny, b. -, m. Francis Young of Bridgton, Mar. 20, 1822.
Nathaniel Bacon died Nov. 22, 1843, aged 86 years; his wife, Mrs. Betty Bacon, died May 4, 1843, aged 83.
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(2) Timothy Bacon, son of Nathaniel, was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary army, and enlisted when but sixteen years of age. He was in Lieut. Col. Sprout's regiment, Patterson's brigade ; was with Gen. Green in the Carolinas, and at the surrender of Cornwallis; and served through the war. Mr. Bacon held a lieutenant's commission, and served with honor, in the War of 1812. He was an honorable man, and one of strict integrity. In his latter days he received a pension from the General Government, for his services in the Revolution. His home was on the hundred acre lot 86, near West Gorham. He married Mary, daughter of James and Mary Gorham (Phinney) Irish, and granddaughter of Capt. John Phinney, the first settler of Gorham. Children :
Stephen, b. May 19, 1789, unm .; went to Georgia.
Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1791, m. James S. Thompson, Oct. 3, 1810; I'd in Athens.
James, b. Jan. 11, 1793.
Timothy, b. Dec. 31, 1794, m. Elizabeth Fogg, p. Nov. 30, 1816.,
Martha, b. Dec. 5, 1796, m. Ephraim Silla, Mar. 19, 1820.
Nancy, b. Jan. 6, 1799, m. Wm Wentworth of Athens, Feb. 1, 1829; I'd in Skowhegan.
John, b. , d. about 1881-2, unm.
Gardner, b. Dec. 14, 1804, m. Jane W. Plummer; moved to Westbrook. Catherine, b.
Lieut. Bacon died Oct. 24, 1849 ; Mrs. Bacon died Mar. 6, 1846, aged 79.
(2) Josiah Bacon, son of Nathaniel, lived in Gorham near the Buxton line, where Edmund Flood now lives. He married Lucy Hopkins of Standish. Children :
Apphia, b. Aug. 31, 1789, m. Edward Blake of Brownfield (2d wife), July 20, 1818.
Rebecca, b. Aug. 31, 1791, m. Edward Blake of Brownfield, June 30, 1808.
Fanny, b. Apr. 2, 1794, m. Amaziah Goodwin, Oct. 5, 1820.
Miriam, b. Mar. 2, 1796, m. Lot Davis of West Buxton; 2d, Benj. McCorrison of Standish.
Richard, b. Jan. 20, 1798, m. Lucy Ayers, June 28, 1822.
Josiah, b. -, m. Harriet Libby, Nov. 8, 1828; I'd in Bridgton.
Hannah, b. , m. Walter Berry, Jr., of Standish, Jan. 24, 1828 ; d. in Saco.
Lewis, b. 1804, d. Feb. 14, 1821.
Marshall, b. -, m. Amy Libby of Bridgton, Dec. 25, 1829; I'd in Bridgton. Leonard, b. 1810, m. Elizabeth Cates, Nov. 29, 1835; 2d, Abby Edgecomb; 3d, Amanda - -, and 4th, - ; d. in Gorham, Feb. 26, 1874.
Mrs. Lucy Bacon died Mar. 1, 1836, aged 70, and Mr. Bacon married, Mar. 11, 1838, Mrs. Hannah Hamblen of Standish. He died Dec. 24, 1845.
(3) Thomas Bacon, son of Nathaniel, Jr., married Sally, daughter of William and Mary Burton. Children :
Rebecca, b. Aug. 20, 1804, m. Daniel Emery of Buxton, Jan. 25, 1824; d. July 30, 1853.
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John, b. June 26, 1806, m. Eunice Pennell; d. in Windham.
Caroline, b. July 8, 1808, d. Mar., 1812.
William, b. Mar. 1, 1811, m. Jane W. Marston of N. Yarmouth, Oct. 12, 1834; d. in Windham in 1892.
Thomas Bacon died Mar. 17, 1816, and his widow married, Aug. 22, 1822, Jessee Cloudman.
(3) Nathaniel Bacon, son of Nathaniel, Jr., married Nicy Emery of Buxton. Children :
Benjamin E., b. July 1, 1810, d. Oct. 19, 1833.
Caroline, b. Aug. 29, 1812, d. Dec. 30, 1839
David F., b. Mar. 29, 1815, I'd in Stillwater.
Thomas, b, Sept. 16, 1817, d. y., owing to an accident.
Lucinda, b. Feb. 6, 1820, m. Stillman Bard of Hartford, Nov. 14, 1842.
Isaac E., b. Mar. 14, 1823, m. Miriam H. Bacon, 1843 ; d. July 16, 1874.
James L., b. Apr. 11, 1825, d. in Lowell, Mass., Sept. 9, 1847.
Mrs. Nicy Bacon died Feb. 23, 1844, aged 55, and Mr. Bacon married, Nov. 30, 1845, Mrs. Lucy (Norton) Libby, daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Whitmore) Norton of Standish, and widow of Zachariah Libby. Mr. Bacon sold his farm to Ithiel, son of Timothy Blake, and died at West Gorham with his son Isaac Sept. 7, 1871, aged 65 years.
(3) Timothy Bacon, son of Timothy, married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel and Eunice (March) Fogg. They had one child :
Samuel F., b. about 1817, m. Cornelia, dau. of Edmund Lombard; was town clerk for three years, and selectman for eight; d. in Standish, Dec. 10, 1883, aged 66.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon died before 1819, for after her death, her child Samuel was presented for baptism, June 29, 1819, by his grand- parents, Lieut. Timothy and Mary Bacon; and was brought up by them. Timothy Bacon, Jr. moved to Calais and married a second wife. He died about 1874.
(3) Richard Bacon, son of Josiah, married Lucy Ayers. Children :
Miriam H., b. 1823, m. Isaac E. Bacon, 1843 ; d. Nov. 18, 1890. Josiah, b. -, m. Rebecca Small; I'd in Buxton.
Richard O., b. -, d. young.
M. Jane, b. Feb. 17, 1829, m. Melville C. Kimball, Oct. 8, 1854.
Emeline, b. Nov. 23, 1833, m. Robert Gilpatrick of N. H.
Lucy A., b. May 17, 1838, m. Charles B. Harding.
Elizabeth A., b. Dec. 9, 1840, m. Oneas Huff of Lyman.
Nancy S., b. Jan. 7, 1843, m. William Huff of Lyman.
Richard Bacon moved to Buxton about 1847 or 1848, and died there.
Mrs. Miriam Bacon, a widow, came to Gorham from Barnstable, with her two daughters Miriam and Annah. Her husband, Joseph Bacon, was probably a cousin to Nathaniel Bacon who came to
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Gorham in 1768. She was a niece of Mrs. John Phinney, and a sister of Mrs. Prince Davis. They were Colmans, and of a very worthy family. Nicholas Harding married the two daughters for his first and second wives. Mrs. Bacon died at the house of her son-in- law Harding, Jan. 31, 1812, aged about 85.
BAILEY.
Samuel Bailey was the son of Benjamin Bailey, and was born in Westbrook, Feb. 21, 1792, from which town he moved to Gorham. When he first came here he lived in a house which stood just west of the King (now Stephen Hinkley) house. This house was after- wards moved on to the Fort Hill road above the old seminary, and is occupied by Mrs. Eli Clay. In May, 1828, a few months after coming here, he bought the place on High St., where his children now live. Mr. Bailey was a captain in the Westbrook militia. He was a wagon- maker by trade, and carried on his business in the shop which stands in the yard, near his house. He married Jane Small by whom he had three children, the two eldest of whom were born in Westbrook, and the youngest in Gorham.
Jane Warren, m. George H Bradbury, Nov. 4, 1851 ; d. Sept. 2, 1885. Elizabeth Valentine, lives with her brother.
Alfred Augustus, lives in Gorham.
Capt. Samuel Bailey died June 18, 1859, aged 67, and his wife Jane, Aug. 8, 1886, aged 84 years and 9 mos.
Alfred A. Bailey has quite a curiosity above the old seminary, in the shape of an orchard numbering three hundred and sixty-five trees, raised from seed planted by himself in 1862. He has since grafted these trees, and now has one of the finest orchards in town.
BAKER.
Daniel Baker was a native of Somersworth, N. H. After coming to Gorham he lived on Fort Hill on the farm afterwards owned by his son, Jacob C. Baker. He was at one time town treasurer. He married Betsey Clement, probably a sister of Jacob H. Clement. Their children were :
Ira b. Sept. 23, 1796, m. Betsey. dau. of John Hanscom, Oct. 23, 1825. Ch: Daniel H., b. May 16, 1826, m. Sarah M. Hall, p. Nov. 1, 1846; John H. C., b. Aug. 26, 1831, d. in California. Mrs. Baker d. Apr. 3, 1840, aged 45, and Mr. B. m. Dec. 20, 1842, Cynthia Towle, by whom he had Frances E., b. Feb. 22, 1846, m. Ist, John Wescott, 2d, Chas. Gallison. Ira Baker I'd in the south part of the town on the farm where his son Dan'l H. Baker now lives. He d. July 8, 1861 ; his wife Cynthia d., Oct. 18, 1884, aged 78.
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Sally C., b. May 4, 1800, d. Oct. 25, 1820.
John C., b. Sept. 12, 1804, m. Eliza Roberts of Westbrook ; I'd in Kennebunk. Jacob C., b. June 19, 1808, m. Mrs. Ruth (Elder) Bancroft ; no ch ; d. Feb. 3, 1888.
Betsey C., b. Aug. 1, 1815, m. Almon L. Hobson, Nov. 26, 1840 ; d. in Portland.
Daniel Baker died at his home June 9, 1856, aged 90. Mrs. Baker died Aug. 17, 1859, aged 83.
Moses Baker of Somersworth, N. H., twin brother to Daniel above, married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Thomes of Gorham. Three of their daughters married and lived in Gorham -Christiana, who married Moses Fogg, and lived on Fort Hill, Mary Ann, who married The- ophilus Dame of West Gorham, and Sarah C., who married Jacob Hanson Clement of West Gorham. Moses Baker died at the house of his son-in-law, Hanson Clement, at West Gorham, Mar. 25, 1847, aged 81, and his wife Sarah at the house of her daughter, Adeline Plummer, in Milton, N. H., Mar. 1, 1853, aged 71.
BANGS.
Barnabas Bangs was the son of Ebenezer and Anna (Sears) Bangs, and was born at Harwich, now Brewster, Mass., Mar. II, 1728, and came to Gorham, probably from Barnstable, about 1750. He married at Falmouth, Sept. 14, 1751, Loruhama Elwell. When the Lexington alarm was given in April, 1775, he started to march to Boston. May 15, 1775, Mr. Bangs enlisted in the Revolutionary army, as a private in Capt. Hart Williams' company, Col. Phinney's regiment. He is credited with eight months honorable service. He was also a member of Capt. Bryant Morton's company, stationed at Scarboro and Cape Elizabeth. He was one of the selectmen of Gorham in 1770 and '71 ; and was a man of considerable influence in town affairs. Children :
James, b. Sept. 14, 1752, m. Deborah Cates, p. July 23, 1774 ; 2d, Elizabeth Estes.
Barnabas, b. Dec. 1, 1754, m. Katherine Stevens, Nov. 20, 1777; 2d, Betty Cloudman.
Emma, b .- 1756, m. Jonathan Holmes ; d. with the Shakers, Aug. 3, 1804. Thomas, b. Apr. 17, 1757, m. Hannah Lakeman, p. Sept. 20, 1777. Anna, b. Mar. 14, 1760, m. Stephen Irish, Apr. 1, 1779.
Sarah, b. July 21, 1762, m. Joseph Brackett, p. Mar. 30, 1781.
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 22, 1765, m. Polly Cobb, Dec. 30, 1787.
Mehitable, b. Oct. 22, 1768, m. Jonathan Parsons, Mar. 25, 1790.
Ch : John Benjamin, b. Aug. 6, 1771, m. Elizabeth Rand, p. Dec. 21, 1793. and Benjamin, twins, b. July 6, 1794; Sophia, b. Feb. 3, 1796.
Jonathan, b. , m. Deborah Andrews ; 2d, Mrs. Rebecca Babb.
Barnabas Bangs died in Gorham, with the Shakers, Jan. 29, 1808, and his wife Loruhama, Apr. 19, 1795.
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(2) James Bangs, son of Barnabas, was a member of the Society of Friends in Gorham. He lived on what is now known as the Ansel Stone place. He married Deborah, daughter of Elder Joseph Cates. Children :
Edmund, b. Oct. 21, 1775, 1 These, with their brother James, were drowned Thomas, b. July 1, 1777, S off Bangs Island, about 1822.
John, b. Dec. 11, 1778.
James, b. Sept. 30, 1780, m. Betsey Lakeman, Sept. 10, 1809.
Hannah, b. Mar. 26, 1782, m. John Hamblen, Jr., p. Jan. 12, 1804.
Allen, b. Apr. 8, 1784, was brought up by his uncle, Bamabas, Jr .; joined the Shakers ; d. at Poland, Feb. 26, 1858.
Esther, b. May 26, 1786, m. Joseph Hamblen, Jr., p. Nov. 28, 1807.
We have not the date of the death of Mrs. Deborah Bangs, but Mr. Bangs married Nov. 26, 1789, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Estes of Berwick. Children :
Robert, b. Sept. 15, 1790, m. Elizabeth Huzzey of Falmouth, Jan. 1, 1821 ; I'd in Phillips.
Cyrus, b. Apr. 26, 1792, I'd in Dover, N. H.
Solomon, b. Sept. 22, 1793, left home and not heard from.
Joshua, b. Jan. 19, 1795, I'd in Gardiner; left home and never heard from.
Amos, b. - -, m. Catherine Sinclair.
Mary, b. -, m. James Torrey, Jr., of Westbrook, Nov. 30, 1820; d. July 10, 1853, aged 56.
Sarah, b. - , m. Josiah Knight ; d. in Deering, aged about 85.
After the death of James Bangs, his widow married, Jan. 28, 1807, John Horton.
(2) Barnabas Bangs, Jr., son of Barnabas, took up four hundred acres of land in what is now known as the Shaker neighborhood. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He married Katherine, daugh- ter of Benjamin and Sarah Stevens. Children :
Sarah, b. June 5, 1778, m. Nathan Bangs, July 15, 1798. Susanna, b. May 8, 1780, d. young. George, b. Aug. 22, 1782, d. with the Shakers, Mar. 29, 1831. Ruth, b. Aug., 1786.
Mr. Bangs married Nov. 1, 1789, Betty, daughter of Timothy and Katy Cloudman. Children :
Susanna, b. May 19, 1790, d. with the Shakers, Mar. 21, 1879.
Anna, b. May 16, 1793, d. with the Shakers, May 29, 1827.
Katherine, b. Dec. 27, 1795, d. about 1817.
Mary Ann, b. June 20, 1798.
Dorcas, b. , d. with the Shakers, May 28, 1832.
Barnabas Bangs, Jr., with his family joined the Shakers in Gorham, and made over his property to the Community. He became an Elder, and when the Family removed to Poland, accompanied them. He died May 25, 1838. Mrs. Betty Bangs died Nov. 27, 1849, aged 82.
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